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Full Impact of New York Workers Compensation Reform Not Yet Determined

Posted on Nov 09, 2010

The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) based in Cambridge, Massachusetts is conducting an ongoing study of 2007 Workers' Compensation Reforms in New York. This study, the third in a series, titled Baseline Trends for Evaluating the Impact of the 2007 Reforms in New York, continues to monitor the impact of the reforms. This includes identifying goals that have been met as well as those that have not been met at this point. The study also brings to light any consequences which were unintended that may have emerged as a result of the reforms.

Some of the areas of study include the increase in maximum statutory weekly benefits as well as the new limited number of weeks an injured worked can receive permanent partial disability. The increase in weekly benefits from $400 to $600 occurred in three annual steps starting in July of 2007. It is still not clear how this change and other benefit increases will impact individuals in the long run. The same can be said for the decrease in weeks a person can receive permanent partial disability. The maximum number of weeks allowed under the 2007 reforms is 525 or 225 percent (depending on the specific disability and loss of wage earning capacity).

Since many of the reforms have different start dates and affect benefits that can last for several years, the full impact has yet to be discovered. As time passes, continued studies will likely occur to determine exactly how these reforms impact both the injured workers and the workers' compensation system.

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