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Permanent disability payments are set by law and are calculated ing to three factors: your disability rating, your wages at the time of injury, and your date of injury.

The most common calculation of benefits under the Act is outlined in Section 309, and is as follows: if the employee has worked for at least a full year before the injury, the gross wages over that period are analyzed and split into four equal quarters of 13 weeks.

Section 319 of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act provides the statutory authority for the Employer to subrogate to a third party action. The Employer's subrogation interest is a creature of statute, as opposed to an equitable or contractual right to subrogation.

Section 306(c) of the Act, §77 P.S. 513, outlines the body parts for which specific loss worker's compensation benefits are payable.

In Pennsylvania, there are no specific state laws that mandate the continuation of your health insurance while you are out on workers' compensation.

Our state's 90-day rule, for instance, deals with seeking medical care after a work injury. In Pennsylvania, the 90-day rule states that injured workers must initially see "panel physicians??a list of pre-approved doctors posted by the employer?within 90 days of their workplace injury to receive compensation.

Your employer is within its rights to terminate your employment after you filed a workers' comp claim or even while you are receiving benefits. There is no law requiring your employer to hold your position open while you are unable to work.

This classification assumes that you are 49 percent or less disabled. It also assumes that you cannot recover from your illness or injury within 90 days and that you cannot resume your same job duties. You can collect partial lost wage benefits for a maximum of 500 weeks (approximately 9.6 years).

Unless an employer has knowledge of the injury or the employee gives notice to the employer within 21 days of the injury, no compensation is due until notice is given. Notice must be given no later than 120 days after the injury for compensation to be allowed.