Healing Period Benefits if you are Laid Off or Terminated

We have added a new section to our website discussing a workers’ eligibility for healing period benefits if they are laid off or terminated.

Under Iowa workers’ compensation law an injured employee is entitled to receive healing period benefits if they are laid off or if their place of employment closes until the injured employee reaches maximum medical improvement.

If a worker is terminated after they are injured, they are generally eligible to receive healing period benefits until they reach maximum medical improvement.

The new section is located here, and you can see more of the details on when an injured worker is eligible or ineligible to receive healing period benefits following their job loss.