What is a report of earnings form?
Answer
A Report of Earnings form is a document that an employee who is out on workers comp can use to fulfill the employee’s duty of reporting any earnings that he or she receives while out on workers compensation. If you’re out on workers comp and you’re getting a weekly workers comp check, um, there’s no prohibition from earning, uh, money doing something else that you can do physically while you’re out on comp; however, you have to report it—you’re, uh, legally obligated and required to report all earnings that you receive when you’re out on workers comp, and the Report of Earnings form is a pretty simple form to comply with that requirement. So, if in a given week you earned \$200, uh, delivering for, uh, you know, Uber Eats or what have you, you would fill out on that form that for the week ending such and such a date, I earned \$200, sign it, send it in to the workers comp adjuster or insurance company, and then they know what to do with it. Um, if you are only, uh, if you’re working at the same employer only, let’s say in a light duty capacity or fewer hours or whatever, due to your restrictions because of your injury, then the employer is deemed, uh, to know what you’ve earned in their employment in that regard and will report it to workers comp for you. Uh, the Report of Earnings form is generally used only for earnings that you have from a source other than the employer in whose employ you were injured.