The California Workers' Compensation Institute (CWCI) says workinjury claims will increase in 2016 due to a rise in California'sState Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) in the year ending on March 31,2015.
|The SAWW rose just under 2.3% from $1,095.70 to 1,120.67 lastyear, says CWCI. As a result, temporary total disability (TTD) andpermanent total disability (PTD) rates for 2016 work injury claimswill rise, in addition to other workers' comp benefits that aretied to changes in the SAWW.
|According to CWCI, California’s TTD/PTD maximum rate for 2015job injuries is $1,103.29 per week. CWCI calculates that themaximum will rise to $1,128.43 per week for claims with injurydates on or after Jan. 1, 2016.
|California law also links minimum weekly TTD/PTD rates to SAWWincreases, so according to CWCI, those minimum rates will rise fromthe current $165.49 per week to $169.26 for claims with 2016 injurydates. CWCI has confirmed the new TTD/PTD rates for 2016 injuryclaims with the state Division of Workers' Compensation.
|Beginning next January, other workers' comp benefits will bebumped up by the recent increase in the SAWW, including TTD paidtwo years or more after injury, life pension and PTD payments forinjuries on or after Jan. 1, 2003 and installment payments on deathclaims.
|For moreinformation, read the official press release fromCWCI.
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