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How to File a Workers' Compensation Claim in Alabama 5 critical steps to take following a workplace injury. Step 1: Notify your employer. Step 2: Seek medical attention. Step 3: Make certain your employer files the necessary form. Step 4: Wait to receive a decision from the insurance company.

Wage Benefits Waiting Period: There is a three-day waiting period in Alabama. If the disability continues for 21 days, the injured employee will be entitled to wage benefits for the first three days.

Work comp: Disability benefits -- temporary total disability (TTD) Temporary total disability (TTD) benefits are paid during the period an employee is totally unable to work due to the effects of the work-related injury.

Temporary Total Disability (TTD) TTD begins after the 3 day waiting period, is payable through the date of MMI or recovery period, and thus, is ?temporary.? TTD benefits are suspended when the employee returns to work, or is released to, full duty at the pre-injury rate of pay.

DEATH §25-5-60: maximum and minimum in effect at time of injury resulting in death. Precedence of dependents is listed in §25-5-62 and the amount/percentage is determined by the Court. Death benefits are payable for 500 weeks, subject to limitations such as remarriage of the widow, etc., as defined in §25-5-66.

Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) For scheduled injuries, it is 2/3 of AWW x Percentage of disability for the number of weeks for which compensation is due per schedule, with a maximum of $220 per week. For BAW, it is 2/3 of AWW for 300 weeks, less any weeks of TTD, also capped at $220 per week.