http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation-Benefits/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free legal forms and free legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation-Benefits/Federal/will-workers-compensation-benefits-be-equal-t.html Generally, no.  The majority of jurisdictions will compensate an injured employee for lost wages, due to injury, at around two-thirds of the employee’s weekly earnings.  Nearly every jurisdiction will additionally establish a minimum amount of work injury compensation that must be paid per week, regardless of the employee’s salary, and a maximum amount of compensation that cannot be surpassed during a week, regardless of the employee’s salary. Workers Compensation Benefits FAQs Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:48:37 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation-Benefits/Federal/my-family-member-was-killed-while-performing-.html Whether or not you are entitled to death benefits when a member of your family has died on the job will depend on the workers’ compensation statute in your jurisdiction.  Generally, workers’ compensation statutes allow death benefits to be paid only to “dependents”, which will be further identified in the workers’ compensation statute.  Workers’ compensation statutes will dictate who qualifies as a dependent.  The laws that govern inheritance in a jurisdiction will not affect who can collect a death benefit under a workers’ compensation statute.  In some jurisdictions, workers’ compensation statutes will allow for beneficiaries other than “dependents” to collect death benefits when an employee has died as a result of performing the duties of their employment. Workers Compensation Benefits FAQs Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:48:39 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Denial-of-Benefits-and-Appeals/index.html Free Denial of Benefits and Appeals FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Employer-Responsibilities/index.html Free Employer Responsibilities FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Work-Injury/index.html Free Work Injury FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Worker-Compensation-Board/index.html Free Worker Compensation Board FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Worker-Compensation-Insurances/index.html Free Worker Compensation Insurance FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation-Law/index.html Free Worker's Compensation Law FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Comp-Claim/index.html Free Workers Comp Claim FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation-Fraud/index.html Free Workers Compensation Fraud FAQs Workers' Compensation Sub-categories Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:32:26 GMT