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Permanent Partial Disability Benefit Amounts In North Carolina Max amount for weekly payment: $1,184 (same as TTD) Total weeks a person can receive permanent partial disability: 240 weeks. Maximum loss percentage: 74%

Lost wage compensation is payable if an employee is unable to work for more than 7 days. Temporary total and partial disability benefits are paid for up to 500 weeks until you return to work.

Statute 97-19.1 requires that an owner/operator be covered under a workers' compensation policy, even if the owner/operator is an independent contractor.

NCGS 97-2 defines the terms “employee” and “employment” for the purposes of determining eligibility for workers' compensation benefits. Employee means every person engaged in employment under any appoint, oral or written contract of hire or apprenticeship including aliens and minors.

Those businesses that employ three or more employees are required to carry workers compensation insurance except agricultural employment with fewer than 10 employees, certain sawmill and logging operations and all domestic employees are exempt.

Benefits for lost wages will only begin seven days after the date of the injury, and you will receive payment for the first seven days of missed work only if you are off work 21 days or more. In some instances, payments may begin while the injury is investigated further, pending a final decision.

Who is not entitled to worker's compensation benefits? Independent contractors.

1.1 In The Winnipeg School Division, all employees (full-time, part-time, temporary and casual), with the exception of teachers who are not vocational or industrial arts teachers, are eligible for benefits under the Workers Compensation Act of Manitoba.