The Workers Compensation Research Institute said the COVID-19 pandemic could explain the increase in temporary disability benefit duration it found in 2020.
Although TD duration was fairly stable from 2015 to 2019, 15 states saw an increase in duration ranging from 3% to 11% for non-COVID-19 claims in 2020, Ramona Tanabe, executive vice president and general counsel for WCRI, said in a statement.
“The economic slowdown during the pandemic may be a factor underlying this general pattern,” Tanabe said. “For example, the temporary increase in the unemployment rates likely affe...
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