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<blockquote data-quote="wily_old_vet" data-source="post: 161358" data-attributes="member: 2183"><p>Scratch-What happened? Hope it's nothing serious. The way it worked in Md. was you don't receive comp for the first three days unless you are out for two weeks. Then those three days are paid. Your rate of pay was up to 67% of your average pay for the 13 week period prior to the injury date. There was a maximum which any driver would get if he worked even normal hours. This money was tax free. Then there is TAW (temporary alternate work). The way that worked here was that you worked at a "make work" job at a pay rate of $8.50 for up to 4 hours a day. Liberty Mutual would then pay you half of what you would get if you were not on TAW. My last injury before I retired they had me calling people whose packages had been post carded. The main thing I would tell anyone who has had a job related injury. Go to a doctor of your choosing. In most states it will be paid for by Liberty. The docs UPS sends you to are usually not in the top 50% of their class (and this can be really bad if they went to a foreign medical school) and have UPS's interests at heart, not yours. Example: I fell and injured my back. UPS doctor says lumbar strain. Turns out to be disk injury which required surgery. The second thing I would tell anyone is that if it is a major injury get a lawyer. After you have recovered and been released back to full duty in most states you are eligible to be compensated for the permanent disability that your injury has caused (and no matter how good you feel there is permanent damage). You will never receive this without a lawyer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wily_old_vet, post: 161358, member: 2183"] Scratch-What happened? Hope it's nothing serious. The way it worked in Md. was you don't receive comp for the first three days unless you are out for two weeks. Then those three days are paid. Your rate of pay was up to 67% of your average pay for the 13 week period prior to the injury date. There was a maximum which any driver would get if he worked even normal hours. This money was tax free. Then there is TAW (temporary alternate work). The way that worked here was that you worked at a "make work" job at a pay rate of $8.50 for up to 4 hours a day. Liberty Mutual would then pay you half of what you would get if you were not on TAW. My last injury before I retired they had me calling people whose packages had been post carded. The main thing I would tell anyone who has had a job related injury. Go to a doctor of your choosing. In most states it will be paid for by Liberty. The docs UPS sends you to are usually not in the top 50% of their class (and this can be really bad if they went to a foreign medical school) and have UPS's interests at heart, not yours. Example: I fell and injured my back. UPS doctor says lumbar strain. Turns out to be disk injury which required surgery. The second thing I would tell anyone is that if it is a major injury get a lawyer. After you have recovered and been released back to full duty in most states you are eligible to be compensated for the permanent disability that your injury has caused (and no matter how good you feel there is permanent damage). You will never receive this without a lawyer. [/QUOTE]
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