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The North Carolina Industrial Commission administers Workers' Compensation in North Carolina. The following brief summary is intended to provide a general overview of Workers' Compensation coverage and benefits in North Carolina. See the separate topic for help with acronyms. For further information contact your local or state Workers' Compensation Program office. This information is based on data originally provided by the U.S. Department of Labor and updated by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, and is believed current as of January 2011.
Maximum benefit rates are adjusted annually, and become effective each January 1. Minimum benefit rates are set by statute. The rates discussed below are in effect during calendar year 2011, unless otherwise noted.
In North Carolina, workers' compensation is compulsory, but some waivers are permitted. There is no state fund. Employers may insure through private carriers, self-insurance, or through groups of employers. There is an exemption for employers with fewer than 3 employees. The Act exempts individual sawmill and logging operators with less than 10 employees, operating less than 60 days in six consecutive months and whose principal business is unrelated to sawmills.
Covers agricultural services if employer employs more than 10 full-time non-seasonal laborers.
All domestic employees are exempt.
Full medical benefits are provided with no time or monetary limitations.
The percentage of worker's wage paid is 66 2/3. For weekly payments, the minimum is $30 and the maximum is $836, 110% of SAWW. The maximum period of payments is the duration of disability.
The percentage of worker's wage paid is 66 2/3. For weekly payments, the minimum is $30 and the maximum is $836, 110% of SAWW. The maximum period of payments is the duration of disability.
The percentage of worker's wage paid is 66 2/3. For weekly payments, the minimum is $30 for scheduled injuries, and the maximum is $836, 110% of SAWW. For non-scheduled injuries, the maximum period of payments is 300 weeks, and the maximum payment amount is $250,800.
North Carolina law covers disfigurement that is "Serious facial or head, and body when no compensation is payable under schedule of injuries". Benefits are a maximum of $20,000.
Section 97-42.1--Provides that compensation for temporary total or permanent total disability benefits may be reduced by the amount of any unemployment insurance benefits received for the same period.
North Carolina Industrial Commission
430 N Salisbury St.
Raleigh, NC 27603-5926
Phone: (919) 807-2500
Fax: (919) 715-0282
Ombudsmen: (800) 688-8349, (919) 807-2501
Internet: http://www.ic.nc.gov/
Historical compensation benefit levels are available online at:
http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/maxrates.htm
The Workers' Compensation Rules Of The North Carolina Industrial Commission are available online at:
http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/comprule.htm
The text of Chapter 97, Workers' Compensation Act, is available online at:
http://www.ic.nc.gov/ncic/pages/statute.htm
Curious about the Workers' Compensation program in another state? Want to see a summary like this one? Click here to select another state's summary.
Information for this topic was drawn from pages of the NCIC website at:
http://www.ic.nc.gov/
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