Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 121 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 121.15 - Compensation payable
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024
(a) In computing the time when the disability becomes compensable, the day the injured employee is unable to continue at work by reason of the injury shall be counted as the first day of disability in the 7 day waiting period. If the injured employee is paid full wages for the day, shift or turn on which the injury occurred, the following day shall be counted as the first day of disability. In determining the waiting period or time during which compensation is payable, each calendar day, including Sundays and holidays, shall be counted. In determining the period of disability, seven should be used as a divisor to determine the number, and any part, of the weeks.
(b) If death results from the injury, compensation payments to the dependents for death benefits shall begin from the date of the employee's death.
(c) If death results more than 7 days after the injury, compensation payments covering the disability period should be paid as set forth in this chapter, and compensation payments because of death due to the injury shall start from the date of death.
(d) Compensation due to the date of death shall be paid to the nearest of kin, or in the absence of same, to the estate.
