Know Your Rights: How Employers Use Temporary Notices of Compensation Payable to Deny Work Injury Claims

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Hello, my name is Mike Dryden. I’m the head of the Workers’ Compensation Department at Willie, Williams & Davidson.

Today, I have a message about Temporary Notices of Compensation Payable.

What we’ve been seeing over the last several months—maybe even a year—is very aggressive use of a Temporary Notice of Workers’ Compensation Payable by large employers, including the City of Philadelphia.

After a work injury, an employer has 21 days to accept responsibility by filing either a Notice of Compensation Payable or a Temporary Notice of Compensation Payable.

If a Temporary Notice is filed, it can be pulled or rescinded within 90 days.

They should only do this when there is an actual dispute about whether an injury happened.

They don’t get to have you be out of work for up to 90 days and then file a Notice Stopping Temporary Compensation Payable, followed by a Notice of Compensation Denial.

When they do this—even if you’ve had an injury, even if you’ve been out of work for up to 90 days, and even if you’ve received medical care that they’ve paid for—by filing a Notice Stopping Temporary Compensation Payable, the employer is stating that your injury did not happen.

We want you to be on guard for the use of Temporary Notices of Compensation Payable by your employer.

If you receive one after suffering a work injury, we invite you to contact the Workers’ Compensation Department at Willig, Williams & Davidson at 215-656-3600.

Thank you.