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A Workers' Comp Dictionary
Average Weekly Wage (AWW):
The average amount of weekly wages you earned during the 13 weeks immediately before
your work-related injury or illness occurred. Income and death benefit payments
are based on your average weekly wage.
Claim Employer:
An employer with whom the injured worker filed a claim for workers' compensation
benefits and for whom the injured worker was working at the time of the on-the-job
injury.
Disability:
When a work-related injury or illness causes you to lose the ability to earn your
weekly wages. Disability refers to your ability to earn an income, not to a physical
handicap.
Impairment Rating:
The percentage of permanent physical damage to your body that resulted from a work-related
injury or illness.
Maximum Benefit Amount:
The most you are allowed to be paid in workers' comp benefits. The Maximum Benefit
Amount may not exceed 100 percent of the state average weekly wage rounded to the
nearest whole dollar. The Division will compute the maximum weekly income benefit
for each state fiscal year no later than September 1st of each year.
Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI):
MMI is the earlier of:
- the point in time when your work-related injury or illness has improved as much as it is going to improve
- 104 weeks from the date you became eligible to receive temporary income benefits.
Minimum Benefit Amount:
15 percent of the state average weekly wage rounded to the nearest whole
dollar.The Division will compute the minimum weekly income benefit for each state
fiscal year no later than September 1st of each year.
Multiple Employment:
Multiple employment means a worker who has more than one employer.
Non-Claim Employer:
An employer (other than the claim employer) by whom the worker was employed at the
time of the on-the-job injury.
Non-pecuniary Wages:
Wages in a form other than money (i.e., health insurance premiums; vehicle; clothing;
or rent/housing).
Pecuniary Wages:
Wages in the form of money (i.e., salary; commissions; and bonuses).