[[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question","text":"Workers' compensation is insurance offered by employers to cover employees when hurt on the job. In Georgia, most employers with three or more full-time or part-time employees are required to provide workers' compensation insurance. Exceptions exist for railroad workers, farm workers, domestic servants, federal employees, and independent contractors.","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question1","text":"Again, workers' compensation is meant to help you while you are not able to perform your normal work duties due to an on-the-job injury or illness. Therefore, evidence that you normally work two jobs performing similar duties may undermine your workers' compensation claim if you keep working one job and not the other due to a workplace injury.\u00a0In the worst-case scenario, your primary employer might assume you are lying about your injury and pursue fraud charges against you.","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer1"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Answer","name":"Answer Question2","text":"In Georgia, you are entitled to workers' compensation income benefits if you cannot work for more than seven days due to a workplace injury or illness. You should receive two-thirds of your average weekly salary. This is calculated based on the average salary you received in the thirteen weeks prior to your injury or illness.  However, these benefits are subject to important fine-print restrictions. First, your weekly benefits can never exceed $725. Second, this income cap applies to the weekly income you receive regardless of which job it comes from. In other words, you can have a second job while receiving workers' compensation benefits from your primary job. However, if you make more money at the second job than you would have made at the primary job, your income benefits are reduced to zero.","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer2"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","name":"Can You Continue Working While Receiving Workers' Compensation in Georgia?","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Workers' Compensation?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Question"},{"@type":"Question","name":"Can I Have a Second Job While Receiving Workers' Compensation?","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer1"},"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Question1"}],"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#FAQPage"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Question","acceptedAnswer":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Answer2"},"name":"How Does a Second Job Impact My Benefits?","@id":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#Question2"}],{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Can You Continue Working While Receiving Workers\u2019 Compensation in Georgia?","item":"https:\/\/www.sherrodandbernard.com\/blog\/working-while-receiving-workers-compensation\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]