The Board has announced the maximum and minimum weekly benefits are to be increased.
The new minimum weekly benefit of $150 per week applies to workers’ compensation claims with dates of accident or disability on or after May 1, 2013. The Board last raised the minimum from $40 per week to $100 per week in April 2007.
The new maximum weekly benefit will increase to $803.21 effective July 1, 2013. This maximum weekly benefit effects claims with a date of accident or disability from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. The maximum was previously $792.07 per week, since being increased in July 2012.
