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Chart VI-Income Benefits for Total Disability, cont.
Maximum Weekly
Payment

Minimum Weekly
Payment

Automatic
Cost-ofLiving
Increase

Percentage
of Wages

Amount
($)1

Rate
(%)2

Amount
($)1

Rate (%)2 Time Limit

Amount
Limit ($)

Offsets

Notations

Maine

80 (of aftertax AWW) for
injuries prior
to 1/1/13,
two-thirds the
employee's
gross AWW,
but no more
than the
maximum
benefit.

771.11 for
injuries
from
1/1/93-
12/31/12.
856.79 for
injuries on
or after
1/1/13.

90

 

 

PP/PT-
disability
TP/TT-520
weeks under
§213. No
durational
limit under
§212.

 

Injuries on
and after
1/1/93-no
provision for
automatic
COLA

Employer-funded
benefits, old-age
Social Security,
unemployment
benefits

Annual increase in
maximum effective 7/1.
Employee who terminates
active employment, is
receiving nondisability
pension and retirement
benefits, and was paid
weekly benefits is
presumed not to have
loss of earnings. May be
rebutted because of workrelated disability. Benefits
under §213 may be based
on the extent of permanent
impairment resulting from
the injury.

Maryland

662/3

1,080

100 state
AWW
yearly
maximum
figure

TT-503
PT-25

 

TT-disability

PT-
45,000

PT-1/1,
percentage
change in
most recent
annual
CPI not to
exceed 5%

 

Annual increase in
maximum effective 1/1;
statutory formula utilized.

Massachusetts

60

1,431.66

100

286.33

20

TT-156
weeks
PT-260
weeks

19

PT-
percentage
change in
most recent
annual
CPI, not to
exceed 5%

Unemployment
compensation,
pension, and
old-age Social
Security

Annual increase in
maximum effective 1/1.
Additional $6 weekly per
dependent child if total
benefit does not exceed
$150 or 100% of wages.
Double compensation if
injury due to employer's
serious and willful
misconduct.20

Michigan

80 (of
spendable
earnings)

1,037.10

90

259.28

PT-25

Disability21

 

 

Disability,
unemployment
compensation,
pension, and
old-age Social
Security22

Annual increase in
maximum effective 1/1.
Additional $50 per day
for award unpaid after 30
days, maximum $1,500.

Minnesota

662/3

1,134.24

102 of
state
AWW for
period
ending
12/31
of the
preceding
year.

13023

PT-65

TT-90 days
after MMI
or end of
retraining, up
to max 130
days.24
PTD ends
at age 72,
or after
five years if
injured after
67.

 

Annual
increase to
most recent
percentage
increase in
state AWW,
up to 3%.
With first
adjustment
on third
anniversary
of injury25

Government
disability benefits
or Social Security
old-age survivor
benefits after
$25,000 paid for
PT disability and
same-injury

Increase in maximum
effective 10/1/19. For
late payment, interest
increased 25% if
inexcusably delayed. Late
payment interest increased
30% if payment delayed
with no legal basis.

Mississippi

662/3

505.4326

662/3
state
AWW

2527

 

450 weeks

227,443.50

 

 

Annual increase in
maximum effective 1/1.
Additional rehabilitation
allowance up to $25
weekly for 52 weeks. If
award is not paid within 14
days, 20% penalty added
(10% if not award).

Jurisdiction

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