http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free Connecticut Workers' Compensation legal forms and free Connecticut Workers' Compensation legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/how-do-i-know-if-my-employer-is-covered-by-wo.html Your employer should have workers` compensation coverage in order to cover all employees, including minors, non&shy;citizens, and part&shy;time employees, regardless of occupation, business size, duration of employment, or number of hours worked per day. Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/how-long-after-an-injury-do-i-have-to-report.html Report your injury immediately to your employer and get proper medical attention. Any delay in reporting workplace injuries can result in denial of your claim. Many injured workers are initially denied benefits because they did not report their injuries immediately.<p>If you are injured on the job or are diagnosed as having a work&shy;related disease, you should file a written notice of claim for workers` compensation as soon as possible. The Workers` Compensation Commission provides an official form for workers` compensation claims, called a 30C Form. This form is also available from any Workers` Compensation Commission District Office or from the Commission`s Education Services.<p>A 30C Claim Form should be filed promptly after a work&shy;related injury takes place. There is a statute of limitation for filing workers` compensation claims: within 1 year of the date of an injury or within 3 years of the first appearance of a symptom of an occupational disease.<p>All written notices of claim for workers` compensation benefits must be filed with both your employer and with the Workers` Compensation Commission District Office, which has jurisdiction over the city, or town in which you were injured or became ill, not where you live. Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/if-i-am-injured-on-the-job-can-i-choose-the-d.html The employer is responsible for furnishing the initial medical treatment at an employer&shy;designated office or facility. After this initial treatment, the employee may choose an attending physician.<p>You may choose an attending physician only after first seeing an employer&shy;designated medical practitioner, if the employer offers one. An employee may choose any medical practitioner on the approved list of medical practitioners of the Workers` Compensation Commission Chairman who is licensed to practice in Connecticut, including practitioners of chiropractic, medicine, naturopathy, optometry, osteopathy, and podiatry. Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/if-i-am-unable-to-return-to-the-type-of-work.html If your injury results in your employment in a new lower&shy;paying job (either light duty or restricted work at your regular employer or such work at another employer), you may be entitled to Temporary Partial Disability wage differential benefits for part of the difference between your actual present earnings in your new job and the wages currently being paid in your former job. Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/my-employer-has-denied-my-claim-what-do-i-do.html If your employer disputes your claim, you will need to prove that your injury or disease is work&shy;related by producing evidence at an Informal Hearing to back up your claim. If your claim is denied, you should request an Informal Hearing from the District Office for the town in which you were injured.<p>A Commissioner is a quasi&shy;judicial official who presides as an impartial mediator at Informal, Formal and Appellate hearings, where they serve to resolve disputes or misunderstandings in workers` compensation cases.<P>For more information you can contact the Workers` Compensation Commission District Office at the phone number listed below.<P>Connecticut Workers` Compensation Commission District Office 1&shy;800&shy;223&shy;WORK Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/what-workers-compensation-benefits-am-i-entit.html Workers` compensation is designed to help workers injured on the job or with an occupational disease by providing all necessary medical treatment; weekly benefits while disabled; vocational rehabilitation, if necessary; and additional benefits for scarring, disfigurement, and permanent physical impairment. Connecticut Workers' Compensation FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Workers-Compensation/Connecticut/when-will-my-benefits-begin-and-how-much-will.html You should receive your full pay for the day your injury occurred, whether or not you were able to return to work after the accident. No compensation benefits for Temporary Total Disability or Temporary Partial Disability are paid until an injured or ill employee is off from work for more than three calendar days. Benefits begin on the fourth day of incapacity from work and if the employee remains incapacitated for seven or more calendar days, the three&shy;day waiting period is eliminated and benefits are paid from the beginning of the employee`s incapacity.<p>In counting days of incapacity from work, all calendar days are counted, even if the employee was not scheduled to work during any or all of them. (The day of the injury itself does not count as a day of incapacity from work.)<p>Whenever an employee is unable to perform any job, he or she is eligible to receive Temporary Total (TT) Disability benefits equal to 75% of the employee`s after&shy;tax average weekly wage (after federal and state taxes and FICA deductions) for the 52&shy;week period prior to the injury or illness, subject to the legislated maximum and minimum. 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