http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/the-importance-of-wage-orders/ Workers Compensation Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/the-importance-of-wage-orders/#comment-122 Terri Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:46:45 +0000 http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-122 Unfortunately, no advance notice is required when your time loss benefits are stopped or held. I suggest you call your claims manager and ask why the benefits were stopped (it might not be what you think) and ask what additional documentation is necessary for the benefits to be released. Often, the employer will protest time loss with little or no evidence to support their position. The claims manager may just need to review the file and determine whether benefits are payable. If a call does not clear up the problem, then get yourself to an attorney. Unfortunately, no advance notice is required when your time loss benefits are stopped or held. I suggest you call your claims manager and ask why the benefits were stopped (it might not be what you think) and ask what additional documentation is necessary for the benefits to be released. Often, the employer will protest time loss with little or no evidence to support their position. The claims manager may just need to review the file and determine whether benefits are payable. If a call does not clear up the problem, then get yourself to an attorney.

]]> http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/the-importance-of-wage-orders/#comment-121 Jose L. Dominguez Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:19:11 +0000 http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-121 My physician took me off work on 2/18/2009 and my time loss was re-started. Then on 3/18/2009 my employer wrote message protesting two payments that I received after 2/18/2009 stating that the injury was not caused by the on the job injury, which was completely false and there was no documentation from any medical records to substantiate their claim. My doctor had file the APF stating that I could not work and also sent a report saying the same. I was to receive a payment on 3/25/2009, but the time loss payments have been stopped. I was not given any notice that the time loss was being stopped or what the reason my claims manager was stopping my time loss payments. Can my claims manager just stop my time loss without notice of when and why? Is there an RCW or WAC that address this issue? Thank you for any help you can give me in this very perplexing matter. My physician took me off work on 2/18/2009 and my time loss was re-started. Then on 3/18/2009 my employer wrote message protesting two payments that I received after 2/18/2009 stating that the injury was not caused by the on the job injury, which was completely false and there was no documentation from any medical records to substantiate their claim. My doctor had file the APF stating that I could not work and also sent a report saying the same.
I was to receive a payment on 3/25/2009, but the time loss payments have been stopped. I was not given any notice that the time loss was being stopped or what the reason my claims manager was stopping my time loss payments.
Can my claims manager just stop my time loss without notice of when and why? Is there an RCW or WAC that address this issue?
Thank you for any help you can give me in this very perplexing matter.

]]> http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/the-importance-of-wage-orders/#comment-105 Melina Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:46:44 +0000 http://washingtonworkerscompensation.wordpress.com/?p=18#comment-105 its been almost 4 years and my husband still doesn't have a final wage order. L&I has only put a temporary wage order and finally paid retro time loss on the claim last summer, but now they claim the last 4 years time loss were calculated wrong because we are self employed and we filed joint tax return. so they are dividing the bottom line on our taxes in half and are trying to establish overpayment on the other half. I have an entire different issue with my claim, I injured my back in 11-07 and still only have a temporary wage order as well, last week l&I decided to change my wages too. because they miscalculated my wages. they decided to recalculate my time loss wage from 2006 taxes rather than the 2007 wages they had previously requested and calculated from. Now we are looking at a possible 80-100k overpayment. what the heck how can they do this? the computation mistake was CLEARLY their mistake not mine. its been almost 4 years and my husband still doesn’t have a final wage order. L&I has only put a temporary wage order and finally paid retro time loss on the claim last summer, but now they claim the last 4 years time loss were calculated wrong because we are self employed and we filed joint tax return. so they are dividing the bottom line on our taxes in half and are trying to establish overpayment on the other half. I have an entire different issue with my claim, I injured my back in 11-07 and still only have a temporary wage order as well, last week l&I decided to change my wages too. because they miscalculated my wages. they decided to recalculate my time loss wage from 2006 taxes rather than the 2007 wages they had previously requested and calculated from. Now we are looking at a possible 80-100k
overpayment. what the heck how can they do this? the computation mistake was CLEARLY their mistake not mine.

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