Tennessee Election for Workers' Compensation

Tennessee workers' comp laws provide compensation for lost or reduced wages due to your inability to work.Temporary total disability benefits are two-thirds of your average weekly wage at the time of your injury, subject to a statutory maximum. As of July 1, 2017, the maximum weekly benefit is $992.20.

An injured worker's wage paid is 66 2/3%. The weekly payment minimum is $112.80. The weekly maximum is $752, 100% of the Tennessee state average weekly wage. Maximum period of payments is 400 weeks and the maximum amount payable is $300,800.

Call a Workers' Compensation Ombudsman at (800) 332-2667 to help you. Submitting a completed Petition for Benefit Determination, available on the Bureau's website, will speed up the process.

Tennessee mandates strict workers' compensation insurance coverage for most employees. Every firm with five or more employees must provide workers' comp insurance.Construction business or trades that have one or more employees must have workers' comp.

Workers Comp. Exemption Registry @tn.gov, or by calling (615) 741-0526. The application is hand printed in ink or computer generated and mailed along with the required filing fee to the Secretary of State's office at 6th FL - Snodgrass Tower, 312 Rosa L.

Tennessee workers' comp laws provide compensation for lost or reduced wages due to your inability to work.Temporary total disability benefits are two-thirds of your average weekly wage at the time of your injury, subject to a statutory maximum. As of July 1, 2017, the maximum weekly benefit is $992.20.

It's illegal for an employer to fire, demote, or otherwise punish you for filing a workers' comp claim. It's illegal for him or her to force you to find your own health coverage because your employer doesn't want to report the injury.

The compensation period is determined by multiplying 450 weeks times the assigned impairment rating or 180 days after the employee reaches maximum medical improvement, whichever is later.If the employee lacks a high school diploma or GED, then the employee's resulting award is multiplied by 1.45.