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These benefits are based on 80 percent of the difference between worker's after-tax earnings before and after an injury, subject to a weekly maximum payment amount. Depending upon the extent of the disability, these payments will either be capped at 364 weeks or will continue for the duration of the disability.

The maximum compensation rate for injuries on or after January 1, 2020 is 125% of the State Average Weekly Wage. Update for 2022: the state average weekly wage (SAWW) to $1,036.13. Provides that the maximum for injuries occurring July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, is $1295.16.

Typically, if your new job pays you less than you were making prior to your injury, you can still receive payment for the difference in wages. You can also continue to receive medical benefits for all healthcare costs related to your injury. If you're disabled, you can still receive disability benefits.

Injured workers are entitled to wage replacement and medical treatment benefits. Wage replacement is equal to two-thirds of your average weekly wages, subject to a maximum equal to 90 percent of the Maine average weekly wage. In most cases, you may receive partial incapacity compensation for a maximum of 520 weeks.

The good news is no, you do not lose your benefits if you are fired. Your workers' compensation benefits do not end whether your employer has fired you or laid you off. The law requires that you continue to receive wage loss payments and medical benefits through your former employers' insurance company.

If you miss more than 7 days of work because of an injury, you are entitled to receive weekly compensation benefits. If you lose between 7 and 13 days, you will be paid for those days. If you miss more than 14 days, you will be paid for all of the days that you have missed.

After 7 days of missed work due to your injury, you are entitled to receive weekly compensation benefits beginning on the 8th day. If you miss more than 14 days of work, you will then receive payment retroactive to the original date of injury.

You must tell your employer (which can mean a supervisor or someone from management) that you were injured within 60 days of the injury. If your employer has selected a health care provider, you must go to your employer's health care provider for the first ten days of treatment.

Any party may file an appeal with the division by submitting a ?Notice of Intent to Appeal? (form WCB-240), along with a copy of the decision being appealed, to the division Clerk's office in Augusta, or to any Board Regional Office within 20 days of receiving the Administrative Law Judge's decision.