- Time-loss benefits are paid at 66 2/3 percent of your weekly wage, not to exceed a state mandated maximum. (The maximum is set by law and changes each year.) The District’s workers’ comp. carrier calculates and pays all time-loss benefits.
- Time-loss benefit checks are sent directly to you every two weeks and are not taxed.
- Workers’ comp. time-loss benefit payment amounts are deducted from your regular paycheck if you are being paid from sick leave, vacation or paid leave.
- Time-loss benefits do not need to be repaid even if your claim is denied.
- Sick leave time is added back into your bank of sick leave days based on your time-loss benefit (see #2 below).
How Time-Loss Benefits Are Calculated
- Time-loss benefits are determined by calculating your daily rate of pay (annual salary divided by assignment days) and paying the state-mandated maximum percentage of your daily rate. (The benefit is calculated and paid by the District’s workers’ comp. carrier.)
Example: Annual salary of $33,137.00 divided by 261 assignment days = a daily rate of 126.96. The daily rate is multiplied by 5 days ($634.80) for one week and the 66 2/3 state mandated maximum of that amount ($423.22) is paid in benefits. (This example uses the 1999 66 2/3% state-mandated maximum.) - Sick leave days added back to your sick leave bank are calculated by dividing your time-loss benefit payment by your daily rate of pay and multiplying that amount by the number of hours you work per day.
Example: Your weekly time-loss benefit payment of $423.22 is divided by your daily rate of pay of $126.96 equaling 3.33. The result (3.33) is multiplied by the number of hours you work per day. If you work 8 hours per day, in our example you will have 26.67 hours (3.33 x 8 hrs.) of sick leave added back.
