Stakeholders Brace for Impact of Cap on TTD Benefits

In 2011, the North Carolina legislature made historic changes to the state's workers' compensation system, including the centerpiece provision: a 500-week cap on temporary total disability. Now, almost 500 weeks later, stakeholders are bracing for the full impact of that provision, as many injured workers reach the end of their benefits duration and prepare to ask for extensions. When the law was passed, “there wasn't a lot of discussion about it. But now we're dead smack in the middle of leading up to the 500th week,” said Jeff Kadis, a Charlotte-based insura...