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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.

The average cost of workers' compensation in Maine is $40 per month. Your workers' comp premium is calculated based on a few factors, including: Payroll. Location.

If you are losing time from work, tell your employer you are seeking compensation. Your employer should fill out an injury report and notify the insurance company of your claim. Failure to report a work injury within 30 days of the date you knew about it, or should have known about it, will permanently bar your claim.

The law requires almost all public and private employers to have workers' compensation coverage. The law defines employers as ?private employers, the State, counties, cities, towns, water districts, other quasi?public corporations, municipal school committees, and design professionals.?

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.

Weekly compensation for lost time from work because of an injury. Payment of medical bills, prescriptions, and related costs. Payment for the loss of a specific body part. Payment of the cost of vocational rehabilitation (such as job retraining and job placement).

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.

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.

A sole proprietor with employees is required to carry workers' compensation for those employees. A bona fide owner of at least 20% of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation may waive in writing all the benefits provided by workers' compensation for themselves.