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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay." [ See [link] ] Today, the word “payroll” more often than not refers to the department or system that manage employer costs for a range of employee compensation components.

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Are wages or salary fully covered by workers’ compensation insurance?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The formula for calculating net or spendable earnings may vary but is generally considered as Gross earnings less income taxes (state/federal/provincial) and other mandatory deductions. For single, high wage earners with few deductions, two-thirds of gross may marginally exceed 90% of net earnings.