Benefit Increase, Revised Process for Failed RTW Proposed

Legislation introduced in Georgia would increase temporary disability and death benefits and revise the process for reinstating benefits when an effort to return an injured worker to employment fails. HB 1355 would increase the maximum temporary total disability benefit to $900 per week from $800, and it would increase the maximum temporary partial disability benefit to $600 from $533. The bill would also increase the cap on death benefits to $360,000 from $320,000, and it would increase the burial benefit to a maximum of $10,000 from $7,500. The bill would also modify the process for reinst...