What Benefits Other than Medicals and Lost Wages are Provided by Workers’ Compensation?
Additional benefits available under Florida’s workers’ compensation Act include cash advances of future payments, penalties, interest, costs, attorney’s fees, modification of past compensation orders, and lump-sum settlements. Advances of future workers’ compensation payments may be voluntarily given by an employer or demanded by an employee (and granted after approval by a Judge of Compensation Claims). Liability of an employer for future payments of compensation may not be discharged by advance payment unless prior approval of a Judge of Compensation Claims or the Florida Department of Financial Services has been obtained. If the employer has made advance payments of compensation, she or he shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of any unpaid installment or installments of compensation due. Penalties may be owed when an indemnity payment is late. If any installment of compensation for death or dependency benefits, or compensation for disability benefits payable without an award is no
