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WEBER GALLAGHER PENNSYLVANIA OFFICES

HARRISBURG PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH SCRANTON Fulton Bank Building 2000 Market Street, Suite 1300 Four PPG Place 201 , Suite 400 200 N. 3rd Street, Suite 9A Philadelphia, PA 19103 5th Floor Scranton, PA 18503 Harrisburg, PA 17101 T: 215.972.7900 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 T: 570.961.2099 T: 717.237.6940 F: 215.564.7699 T: 412.281.4541 F: 570.961.2074 F: 717.237.6949 F: 412.281.4547

866.972.7900 www.wglaw.com PENNSYLVANIA | | | Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Claims SIGNIFICANT DEADLINES AT A GLANCE

2 DAYS Deadline for reporting on the job injury 21 DAYS An employee must give notice to his/her employer 52 WEEKS Where the period of disability is fewer than 52 weeks, resulting in death. within 21 days of the injury in order to receive workers’ the case can proceed via medical reports instead of depositions. 5 DAYS Notice Stopping Temporary Compensation Payable must Notice given between 21 days and 120 days results in 52 WEEKS If the amount of the future compensation due is 52 weeks or less, the employer can unilaterally commute 7 DAYS 21 DAYS the future installments into a lump sum. disability, unless the disability lasts more than 14 days. a Special Supersedeas hearing as long as the petition is 2 YEARS A request for an IRE can be filed after an injured worker 7 DAYS receives 2 years of total disability benefits (104 weeks), the employee’s return to work. and the worker has also reached maximum medical (Form LIBC-751). 30 DAYS Employer must pay medical bills within 30 days of when improvement. a bill with a supporting report has been received, unless 7 DAYS Employer’s First Report of Occupational Injury must be 2 YEARS injury. remarriage. Under the current statute, a widower is not.

10 DAYS 30 DAYS 3 YEARS days before the deposition is to be held. days after receipt of UR determination. (30 days runs many exceptions). from either employer’s/insurer’s receipt or the Bureau’s 10 DAYS Most judges require that a request for a continuance of a receipt, whichever is later). 3 YEARS The statute of limitations to re-open a claim resolved by commutation in three years from the date of payment of 30 DAYS the commuted sum. 14 DAYS Any party wishing to cross-appeal to the Workers’ Court from WCAB decision. Compensation Appeal Board must do so within 14 days 3 YEARS of the original appeal. 45 DAYS (with exceptions) is three years from the date of death. hearing, the employer should schedule an independent 20 DAYS medical examination of the employee in a Claim 3 YEARS Deadline for the employee to Petition to Set Aside a Final Petition/Reinstatement Petition. This time frame can be Receipt (with exceptions). regarding the reason for which the joiner is sought. expended at the discretion of the WCJ. 3 YEARS 20 DAYS Claim Petitions must be answered within 20 days after 60 DAYS The deadline for filing a request for an Impairment Rating circulation by the Bureau of a Notice of Assignment. Evaluation from the 104th week of disability (2 years), enabling the employer to automatically convert benefits 3 YEARS 20 DAYS from total disability to partial disability status without need Petition after the expiration of the 500 week partial. for filing a petition and obtaining Judge approval. 300 WEEKS In occupational disease cases, disability must occur 413(a) and (b). 90 DAYS A Notice of Temporary Compensation Payable must be within 300 weeks of last exposure. properly revoked with a properly filed Notice Stopping 20 DAYS Temporary Compensation and a Notice of Compensation 300 WEEKS If injury causes death, death claim is time barred if it Judge decision to Workers’ Compensation Appeal Denial, otherwise it automatically converts to a Notice of occurs more than 300 weeks from date of injury. Board. Compensation Payable. 500 WEEKS 21 DAYS A Notice of Compensation Payable, Notice of Temporary 120 DAYS Unless the employee gives notice of a work related Compensation Payable, or Notice of Compensation injury to the employer within 120 days of his or her 500 WEEKS If the employee is on a suspension status, the Denial must be issued within 21 days of the date that the injury, no compensation is payable. employer had actual or constructive knowledge of an the 500 week period or is time barred. alleged work related injury. 6 MONTHS The employer is generally entitled under new IME every six months. Can be sooner under limited circumstances.

PENNSYLVANIA BUREAU OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION WORKERS’ COMPENSATION JUDGES’ OFFICE/HEARING SITE LOCATIONS

ALLENTOWN GREENSBURG PHILADELPHIA ARCH STREET UPPER DARBY 7248 Tilghman Street 144 North Main Street 110 North 8th Street 1500 Garrett Road Suite 150 Suite 1A 4th Floor 2nd Floor Allentown, PA 18106 Greensburg, PA 15601 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Upper Darby, PA 19082 610.366.6060 724.832.5310 215.560.2488 610.284.6913

ALTOONA HARRISBURG PITTSBURGH WASHINGTON 615 Howard Avenue 1010 North 7th Street 411 Seventh Avenue Millcraft Center Suite 202 Room 319 Room 310 Suite 120 LL Altoona, PA 16601 Harrisburg, PA 17102 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 90 West Chestnut Street 814.946.7355 717.783.4419 412.565.5277 Washington, PA 15301 724.223.4595 BRISTOL JOHNSTOWN POTTSVILLE 1242 Veterans Highway 607 Main Street 112 South Claude A. Lord WILKES-BARRE Bristol, PA 19007 Suite 100 Pottsville, PA 17901 105 North Main Street 215.781.3274 Johnstown, PA 15901 570.621.3146 2nd Floor, Rear 814.533.2494 Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 BROOKVILLE READING 570.826.2577 18 Western Avenue LANCASTER 625 Cherry Street Suite F 315 West James Street Suite 150 WILLIAMSPORT Brookville, PA 15825 Suite 206 Reading PA, 19602 208 West 3rd Street 814.849.5382 Lancaster, PA 17603 610.621.2370 Rear, Suite 202 717.299.7591 Williamsport, PA 17701 CLEARFIELD SCRANTON 570.327.3735 241 East Market Street MALVERN 321 Spruce Street 72 Lancaster Avenue Suite 310 814.765.6398 2nd Floor Scranton, PA 18503 *There are several other locations that are Malvern, PA 19355 570.963.4580 ERIE 610.251.2878 All hearing locations are listed on the map. 3400 Lovell Place UNIONTOWN 13th & Holland Streets NEW CASTLE 108 North Beeson Blvd Erie, PA 16503 100 South Jefferson Street Suite 200 814.871.4632 Suite 146 Cascade Galleria Uniontown, PA 15401 New Castle, PA 16101 724.439.7420 724.656.3084

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