What types of benefits are available under the WHCA?
Monetary compensation for disability, death, and burial expenses is computed in accordance with the benefit structure of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, with the exception that the minimum limits of the LHWCA do not apply. Information necessary to compute compensation can be found in the Longshore Act in Sections 6, “Maximum and Minimum Compensation”; 8, “Compensation for Disability”; 9, “Compensation for Death”; and 10, “Determination of Pay”. Assistance may be sought from the Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation whenever questions arise about the computation of benefits. Compensation for total disability is paid at 66 2/3% of the average weekly wage as determined under Section 10 of the LHWCA. The LHWCA also makes provision for payment of compensation as the result of permanent partial disability and loss of wage-earning capacity. The sum of the percentages paid to the beneficiaries in a death case may not exceed 66 2/3% of the average weekly wag
