Report: California Wage Increase Will Require Hike in 2018 Comp Benefits
California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose more than 3.6 percent to $1,206.92 in the year ending March 31, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said will boost temporary total disability and permanent total disability rates for 2018 work injury claims and other workers’ comp benefits tied to SAWW increases.
Currently, California’s TTD/PTD maximum rate is $1,172.57 per week, but CWCI calculates that the increase in the SAWW reported by the Department of Labor means the maximum will rise to $1,215.27 per week for claims with injury dates on or after January 1, 2018.
State law also ties minimum weekly TTD/PTD rates to SAWW increases, so those minimums will rise from the current $175.88 per week to $182.29 for claims with 2018 injury dates.
Beginning next January, other workers’ comp benefits, including TTD paid two years or more after injury, life pension and PTD payments for injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2003, and installment payments on death claims, will also increase due to the SAWW increase, according to CWCI.
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