DWC Sets Maximum, Minimum Benefit Rates Effective Oct. 1

The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation announced on Tuesday that the workers’ compensation state average weekly wage for dates of injury from Oct. 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2012, has been set at $787.47.As a result, the maximum weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation income benefits is set at $787 and the minimum weekly benefit rate is set at $118 for that period.The maximum and minimum weekly workers’ compensation benefit rates for Oct. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2011, were $766 and $115 respectively.Under the Texas Labor Code (Section 408.047), the workers&...