Louisiana Workers Compensation Death Benefits provide payment to the deceased employee's family, including a $7,500 funeral benefit.
Dependents are paid according to this schedule:
- Widower: 32 ½ % of employee's average weekly wage
- Widow and One Child: 46 ¼ % of employee's average weekly wage
- Widow and Two Children: 65% of employee's average weekly wage
If the deceased employee has no dependents, the surviving parents are paid $75,000 each.
Surviving spouses are paid the benefit until remarriage (at which point a lump sum of two years is paid) or death, while dependent children are paid the benefit until the age of 18 or 23 if they are a student.
The Louisiana Workers Compensation laws do provide death benefits for dependents other than those set forth above.
For any questions that you may have, contact a Louisiana Workers Compensaton Death Benefits Lawyer.
Source:
RS 23:1231 Death of employee; payment to dependents; surviving parents
RS 23:1232 Allocation to dependents; schedule of payments
RS 23:1233 Death or marriage of dependent; age limit of minor dependent
