Utah Workers Compensation Benefit Ruling

The Utah workers compensation practice of offsetting workers comp benefits to an injured worker eligible for social security retirement has been struck down by the Utah Supreme Court as unconstitutional. This off-set, as directed under Utah workers compensation law, reduced the amount of compensation an injured worker would receive by 50% after the injured worker had been on workers compensation for six years. This rule had, several years ago, come before the Utah Labor Commission who had refused to consider the constitutionality of the rule.

Now since the Supreme Court ruling, those injured workers may receive their full Utah workers comp benefits along with full social security retirement benefits when they qualify.

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