No serious injuries are welcome, but it can be galling to suffer an injury while at work. It’s hard to avoid every possible accident, as in many cases they can happen out of the blue and may not even be your fault. If you work for a major employer like the Target Corporation, you can almost take it for granted that they will have workers’ compensation insurance policy which you can claim against. The actual claims process itself cannot be taken for granted and you may find that it is easier to get the help of an experienced workers’ compensation attorney if you want to get the compensation which you deserve. Company Profile: Target Target stores are instantly recognized with the red bullseye emblazoned on the side of the building. Like some other big department store chains, Target has been around for a long time with its major expansion due to the increase in number of auto owning families after the Second World War. The present headquarters of the Target Corporation are in Minneapolis, Minnesota with 1,802 stores in operation as of 2016. Target is the second largest chain department store of its type after Walmart with an estimated 341,000 employees. Target tends to focus on slightly less budget minded customers than does Walmart in order to make a point of difference between the two retail giants. Typical Hourly Wages at Target It’s important to get your hourly pay rate worked out if you are filing a workers’ compensation claim. You get a percentage (not all) of the hours that you would normally earn. Target employees vary in their weekly wage packet as this obviously depends on exactly what they do at the company. Three typical pay scales are given below to provide an example of what many Target employees earn on an hourly basis. The statistics are provided by payscale.com and date back only a little way to March 2017. Cashiers (those who work on the checkout) earn between $8.17 and $10.83. Sales associates earn between $8.85 and $11.15. Sales team leaders earn anywhere between $12.76 and $21.11. The variations are partly due to experience, number of hours worked and location. How Actual Wages Help to Determine Workers’ Compensation Payments You are limited in a workers’ compensation claim to claiming medical expenses and only a percentage of what you would normally earn while not at work, but on the other hand, there is usually no need to prove that the injuries were not your fault. Each state makes up its own laws concerning workers’ compensation and one or two don’t even make it mandatory at all (Texas, for instance), but in most states you should be able to claim two thirds of whatever you would have earned if you had ordinarily been at work. For a Target cashier, for instance, that would mean between $5.50 and $7.20 for each hour that they would have worked. Consult with a Workers' Compensation Attorney In an ideal world, your employer and your employer’s insurer would be very sympathetic to your injuries and would make it easy for you to claim rightful compensation for a work related injury, but this might not happen. If you encounter resistance and find it hard t make any reasonable progress, it might be time to seek legal advice from an experienced workers’ compensation attorney. *The content of this article serves only to provide information and should not be construed as legal advice. If you file a claim against Target, or any other company, you may not be entitled to any compensation.
