I need a math answer from all smart people.Help.I need to get home to Mississippi while out on Workman’s-comp.
I live in Beaumont California and I am injured from my job out on workmans-comp.My check will be 60 percent of what I gross plus I work partime at Wal-Mart supercenter.I make $14.20 an hour at the job where I got injured.I will recieve about 60% of my take home pay from work-mans comp.I was told that my insurance from Liberty Mutural will compensate for my other jobs wages as well.The $14.20 an hour job pays me bi-weekly 40 plus hours.Wal-mart pays me $10.60 part time no more than 28 hours a week and they pay also bi-weekly.I no this is confusing but can someone give me an estimate of how much money I will be recieving from this Workmans-Comp claim.I finnally have two weeks off injured and want to see my family for the first time in 3 years.Help me sum this up please.
Based on the figures you supplied, you were making $586 per week. The workmans comp will pay 60% = $341 minus your current job wages. The currrent job pays $297 per week, 341-297 = $44 estimated workmans comp weekly payment.
poster one — one of us missed the boat — this guy is triple dipping — he is getting his work comp plus insurance money and earning from wal mart — my problem i have had one to many beers an i do not feel like doing the math for someone who is taken advantage of the system!!!
14. 20 x 40 is 458.80
10.60 x 28 is 296.80
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764.80
x .60
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458.88 a week max
expect to wait 6 weeks or longer for your first check
The ONLY valid response here is that of ca-workcompadvice. The
others know not of what they speak. WC laws are state specific. The
other posters should make themselves familiar with those statutes
before posting invalid irresponsible information.
To respond to another answer given, no they’re not “triple dipping”. Liberty Mutual is the Work Comp company. The assumption is that they’re TD from both jobs which would entitle him/her to temp disability benefits from lost wages from both jobs. As far as using that money to go on a vacation, that’s their choice. That money is intended to pay for bills and such, but that’s not to say they haven’t done a good job saving money. I just don’t know how their Work Comp doctor is going to issue the required report to Liberty Mutual every 45 days to keep their disability check going.
To answer the math question, since you were injured at the job with the higher rate of pay, you would add together what you grossed at both jobs, and take 2/3 of that (not 60%).
14.20 x 40 = 568
10.60 x 28 = 296.80
568 + 296.80 = 864.80
864.80 x 2/3 = $576.53 per week.