What Benefits are Provided under Workers’ Compensation When the Accident Results in the Death of the Employee?
In the case of an employee’s death from an occupational disease, death benefits are payable if the death occurs within 350 weeks of the last injurious exposure to the occupational disease. In the case of an accident that is not an occupational disease, benefits are payable if death results within 1 year thereafter or follows continuous disability and results from the accident within 5 years thereafter. Possible death benefits include funeral expenses, spousal re-education benefits, and indemnity payment to dependents of the deceased employee. The employer shall pay actual funeral expenses not to exceed $7,500.00 within 14 days after receiving the bill. The estate of a deceased worker is entitled to collect wage-loss benefits (such as Temporary Total Disability and Temporary Partial Disability) to which the deceased worker was entitled during his life. The surviving spouse is entitled to payment of postsecondary student fees for instruction at any career center established under F.S.A.
In the case of an employee’s death from an occupational disease, death benefits are payable if the death occurs within 350 weeks of the last injurious exposure to the occupational disease. In the case of an accident that is not an occupational disease, benefits are payable if death results within 1 year thereafter or follows continuous disability and results from the accident within 5 years thereafter. Possible death benefits include funeral expenses, spousal re-education benefits, and indemnity payment to dependents of the deceased employee. The employer shall pay actual funeral expenses not to exceed $7,500.00 within 14 days after receiving the bill. The estate of a deceased worker is entitled to collect wage-loss benefits (such as Temporary Total Disability and Temporary Partial Disability) to which the deceased worker was entitled during his life. The surviving spouse is entitled to payment of postsecondary student fees for instruction at any career center established under F.S.A.
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