Austin, TX — In Texas, 69% p.c of workers who returned to work inside six months of being injured in 2020 remained on the job for not less than 9 months.
That compares with 59% in 2019, in accordance with the Texas Department of Insurance, which checked out 2007-2020 knowledge from the state’s workers’ compensation system.
Measuring the sustained return-to-work proportion “is important in understanding the Texas workers’ compensation system’s ability to both help an employee return to work after an injury and make sure they stay employed,” the report states.
Over the course of the primary 13 years of the 14 years of knowledge analyzed, the sustained RTW proportion had typically elevated or remained secure when claimants went to again to work 12, 18, 24 and 36 months after an harm. That knowledge wasn’t accessible for 2020.
The “initial” RTW percentages in 2020 have been 83% when claimants went again six months post-injury and 92% once they went again one 12 months post-injury.
Overall, their common days away from work was 43. Claimants who returned to work inside six months wanted about two years to return to their pre-injury wage ranges.
“Injured employee wage recovery shows that employees that return to work within six months post-injury were able to recover to pre-injury wages faster than employees who do not return to work within six months post-injury,” the report states.
