Minimum and Maximum Weekly Compensation Rates

When an injured worker qualifies for workers’ compensation disability benefits in North Carolina, the amount of the benefit paid weekly is typically two-thirds of his or her pre-injury average weekly wage. However payments are limited to the maximum weekly...

Requirements for North Carolina Workers’ Compensation

North Carolina requires any employer who regularly has three or more employees to have workers’ compensation insurance. A subcontractor is required to have workers’ comp insurance in North Carolina if he or she hires one person. Sole proprietors and...
Suicide in NC Workers’ Comp Cases

Suicide in NC Workers’ Comp Cases

The NC Workers’ Compensation Act has long prevented payment of compensation for suicide in NC workers’ comp cases.  N.C. Gen. Stat. 97-12. But what about when the the injury itself contributes to the suicide? In other words, when an injured worker kills...
Why is my NC workers’ comp check late?

Why is my NC workers’ comp check late?

In my NC workers’ comp law office we spend a lot of time answering the question: “Why is my NC workers’ comp check late?”  Sometimes I think we spend half our time tracking down late, missing or improperly dated NC workers’ comp...