Georgia CommonsTítulo 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Capítulo 9. WORKERS’ COMPENSATION · Artículo 7. COMPENSATION SCHEDULES
34-9-261. Compensation for total disability.
Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
El texto siguiente es la ley tal como la imprime el estado, en inglés.
While the disability to work resulting from an injury is temporarily total, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid to the employee a weekly benefit equal to two-thirds of the employee’s average weekly wage but not more than $800.00 per week nor less than $50.00 per week, except that when the weekly wage is below $50.00, the employer shall pay a weekly benefit equal to the average weekly wage. The weekly benefit under this Code section shall be payable for a maximum period of 400 weeks from the date of injury; provided, however, that in the event of a catastrophic injury as defined in subsection (g) of Code Section 34-9-200.1, the weekly benefit under this Code section shall be paid until such time as the employee undergoes a change in condition for the better as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 34-9-104.
History
Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 30; Ga. L. 1922, p. 185, § 3; Ga. L. 1923, p. 92, § 3; Code 1933, § 114-404; Ga. L. 1937, p. 528; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1357, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 210, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 5; Ga. L. 1968, p. 3, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 3; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, § 3; Ga. L. 1975, p. 190, § 4; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2220, § 3; Ga. L. 1981, p. 842, § 2.1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 2485, §§ 1, 7; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 8; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1409, § 14; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 21; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 14; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1291, § 11; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1367, § 8; Ga. L. 1999, p. 817, § 7; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1321, § 6; Ga. L. 2001, p. 748, § 6; Ga. L. 2003, p. 364, § 6; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1210, § 7/HB 327; Ga. L. 2007, p. 616, § 6/HB 424; Ga. L. 2013, p. 651, § 5/HB 154; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1079, § 3/HB 412; Ga. L. 2016, p. 287, § 3/HB 818; Ga. L. 2019, p. 798, § 4/SB 135; Ga. L. 2022, p. 350, § 1/HB 1409; Ga. L. 2023, p. 416, § 2/HB 480, effective July 1, 2023.
Amendments
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “$675.00” for “$575.00” in the first sentence. The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “$725.00” for “$675.00” in the first sentence. The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “not more than $800.00 per week” for “not more than $725.00 per week” in the first sentence.
Editor's notes
Ga. L. 2023, p. 416, § 5/HB 480, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2023, and shall apply to injuries that occur on or after such date.”
Law reviews
For annual survey on worker’s compensation, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 345 (2019).
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Actualizado hasta: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
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