DWC Announces TTD Rates for 2012

Maximum weekly TTD benefits will for the first time exceed $1,000, increasing to $1,010.50 from $986.69. Minimum TTD benefits will increase to $151.57 from $148.

The 2.4% increase is necessary because California Labor Code Section 4453(a)(10) requires the rate for TTD benefits to be increased by an amount equal to the percentage increase in the state’s average weekly wage, the division said.

California’s average weekly wage for the 12 months ending March 31, 2011, was $1,003.55, up from $979.90 for 2010.

Workers’ with dates of injury on or after Jan. 1, 2003, who are receiving life pensions or permanent total disability benefits are also entitled to have their weekly benefit increased based on the state’s average weekly wage.

Source: Division of Workers’ Compensation

　

California’s Temporary Total Disability Rate for 2012 To Increase October 21, 2011 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced on Friday that the minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates for 2012 will increase on Jan. 1. The minimum TTD rate will increase to $151.57 and the maximum TTD rate will increase to $1010.50 per week.