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MAXIMUM RATE OF BENEFITS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2011
(Version 2/02/11)
Effective January 1, 2011
Section 9-603 of the Labor and Employment
Article states that the maximum compensation
paid shall be adjusted as of January 1st of each
calendar year. The Department of Labor,
Licensing and Regulation of the State of
Maryland has advised this Commission that the
Average Weekly Wage of workers covered by
Maryland Unemployment for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 2010 is $940.00.
In accordance with Section 9-604 of the Labor
and Employment Article, which authorizes the
computation of Awards to the next highest dollar
when the standard computation formula results in
an uneven amount, the following are maximum
benefits for death and disability for injuries
occurring on and after January 1, 2011.
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TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY:
Two-thirds of the employee’s
Average Weekly Wage not to
exceed 100% of the State Average
Weekly Wage or $940.00.
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PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY:
Two-thirds of the employee’s
Average Weekly Wage not to
exceed 100% of the State Average
Weekly Wage or $940.00.
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PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY:
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For awards
for a period
less than 75
weeks for events
occurring on or
after January 1,
2003 but before
January 1, 2009,
compensation is
to be paid at
the rate of
thirty-three and
one-third per
centum of the
employee’s
Average Weekly
Wage, not to
exceed $114.00.
(The minor
disability
category does
not apply to
certain public
safety
employees. See
LE 9-628(a).
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For awards
for a period
less than 75
weeks for events
occurring on or
after January 1,
2009 but before
January 1, 2010,
compensation is
to be paid at
the rate of
thirty-three and
one-third per
centum of the
employee’s
Average Weekly
Wage, not to
exceed 14.3% of
the State
Average Weekly
Wage or
$130.00. (The
minor disability
category does
not apply to
certain public
safety
employees. See
LE 9-628(a).
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For awards
for a period of
less than 75
weeks for events
occurring on or
after January 1,
2010 but before
January 1, 2011,
compensation is
to be paid at
the rate of
thirty-three and
one-third per
centum of the
employee's
Average Weekly
Wage, not to
exceed 15.4% of
the State
Average Weekly
Wage or
$142.00. (The
minor disability
category does
not apply to
certain public
safety
employees. See
LE 9-628(a).
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For awards
for a period of
less than 75
weeks for events
occurring on or
after January 1,
2011
compensation is
to be paid at
the rate of
thirty-three and
one-third per
centum of the
employee's
Average Weekly
Wage, not to
exceed 16.7% of
the State
Average Weekly
Wage or
$157.00. (The
minor disability
category does
not apply to
certain public
safety
employees. See
LE 9-628(a).
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For awards
for a period
equal to or
greater than 75
weeks, but less
than 250 weeks,
for events
occurring on or
after January 1,
2011 but before
January 1, 2012,
the compensation
is to be paid at
two-thirds of
the employee’s
Average Weekly
Wage not to
exceed one-third
of the State
Average Weekly
Wage or $314.00.
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TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY:
Fifty percent (50%) of the
difference between the
employee’s Average Weekly Wage
and his wage earning capacity
thereafter, but not to exceed
50% of the State Average Weekly
Wage or $470.00.
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SERIOUS DISABILITY BENEFITS:
Two-thirds of the employee’s
Average Weekly Wage not to
exceed seventy-five percent of
the State Average Weekly Wage or
$705.00.
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DEATH BENEFITS:
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If wholly
dependent,
two-thirds of
the employee’s
Average Weekly
Wage not to
exceed 100% of
the State
Average Weekly
Wage or $940.00.
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If partly
dependent,
two-thirds of
the employee’s
Average Weekly
Wage not to
exceed
two-thirds of
the State
Average Weekly
Wage or $627.00.
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