Oklahoma Blog: Workers Compensation and Benefits

Workers’ compensation or workers’ comp is a type of insurance in which provides income and medical care for employees who are injured or become sick because of their jobs.

Workers compensation is different for each state. According to research done by the AFL-CIO, an organization that works to protect and improve workers’ compensation laws, Oklahoma has full maximum medical care for workers.

According to Expert Law, “Oklahoma’s system of worker’s compensations is compulsory, meaning that employers are required to provide worker’s compensation insurance for their employees.”

A state fund, private insurance carrier, or employers who self-insure could also provide workers comp insurance.

Death benefits are provided to surviving spouses and dependent children of workers who are killed on a job.

After death, the surviving spouse and dependant children receive compensation for life or until remarriage in the state of Oklahoma.

The compensation received is based on a percentage of the employee’s wages, subject to cap.

According to research done by the ACL-CIO, the state of Oklahoma provides the families of their deceased a maximum of $5,000 for burial benefits.

If no the deceased employee has no heirs or dependent, a burial allowance is paid to the decedent’s estate.

For a full review of Oklahoma’s worker’s compensation laws, please contact our firm.

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