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Workers’ Compensation
The Workers’ Compensation Division is responsible for the administration of the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Law to ensure proper payment of benefits to employees injured on the job and encourage safety in the workplace.
Workers’ Compensation (WC) Division
The main function of the Division is to ensure proper payment of compensation benefits along with necessary medical attention to employees injured on the job or their dependents in case of death.
Information and services are also provided to claimants, employers, insurance companies, attorneys, judges, legislators, labor and management groups, government agencies and other parties.
The Division also administers the rules and regulations for individual self-insurers and group self-insurers. Major activities include compliance inspections, safety promotion, auditing and enforcing claims payments and settlements, compiling injury and cost statistics, mediating disputes, and establishing and regulating cost containment standards.
Search for a jobAssessment Information
We are providing you an update on our new Assessment Data Submission (WCC10) process. With the successful completion of the Online Assessment Payment Portal, we are continuing to add more capabilities to your existing account.
Claim information will be entered into the portal by your existing registered representative. Your claims payment information is due on March 1st.
loginGet Answers to WC Questions
Have a question about On The Job Injury, call 800-528-5166 or 334-956-4044
Have a question about Unemployment, call 866-234-5382
Have information regarding Workers’ Compensation Fraud, call 334-956-4040
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Services Provided by Workers’ Compensation
The following services are provided by the Workers’ Compensation Division to better serve Alabama employers:
- Brochures on the benefits of the Ombudsman Program, and on Workers’ Compensation insurance coverage for employers.
- 1-800-528-5166 number available for assistance.
- Third-party administrative company information.
- Ongoing continuing education seminars.
- Workers’ Compensation posters.
- Provider fee schedules and negotiated agreements with hospitals.
- Staff available to explain law and rights that pertain to employers, employees and carriers.
- ORDER FORM for WC books, rules and schedules.
For further information on these services, contact the Workers’ Compensation Division at 334-956-4044 or 1-800-528-5166.
Telephone Numbers for Division Staff
The State of Alabama Workers’ Compensation Division’s normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Main Telephone Numbers (Including for those Injured on the Job): 334-956-4044 or 1-800-528-5166
To contact the WC Director, call 334-956-4041 or email John.H.Lewis@labor.alabama.gov.
To contact the Ombudsman Supervisor, call 334-956-4041 or email John.H.Lewis@labor.alabama.gov.
To contact the Medical Supervisor, call 334-956-4047 or email Craig.White@labor.alabama.gov.
To contact the Seminars Coordinator, call 334-956-4029 or email Linsey.Kelly@labor.alabama.gov.
contact the WC Claims Specialist at 334-956-4044 or email Suzanne.Norsworthy@labor.alabama.gov.