Dwc Form 003 PDF Details

In navigating the complexities of workers' compensation claims in Texas, the DWC Form-003 stands out as a critical document, designed with the intention of streamlining the process of computing an employee's Average Weekly Wage (AWW). This form, titled "Employer’s Wage Statement," serves a dual purpose: It not only ensures that employees or their beneficiaries are compensated fairly following a workplace injury but also holds employers accountable for providing accurate wage information to their workers' compensation insurance carrier. By meticulously detailing the wages earned by the injured employee in the 13-week period preceding the injury, the form plays a pivotal role in determining the AWW, which in turn, influences the benefits an employee is entitled to. Employers are entrusted with the responsibility to furnish this form promptly and accurately — failing which may invite administrative penalties under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act and related rules. Moreover, the form accommodates flexibility in reporting, allowing for the submission of wages on a monthly, biweekly, or weekly basis, while also catering to scenarios where wage continuation for nonpecuniary benefits is involved. This document, thus, is not merely a formality but a cornerstone in the edifice of workers' compensation, ensuring that the rights and entitlements of employees are safeguarded with diligence and integrity.

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Send to workers’ compensation carrier:

(Name and fax number of carrier)

CLAIM #

CARRIER’S CLAIM #

Initial Amended EMPLOYER’S WAGE STATEMENT (DWC Form-003)

The Texas Workers' Compensation Act and Workers’ Compensation rules require an employer to provide an Employer's Wage Statement to its workers' compensation insurance carrier (carrier) and the claimant or the claimant’s representative, if any. The purpose of the form is to provide the employee's wage information to the carrier for calculating the employee's Average Weekly Wage (AWW) to establish benefits due to the employee or a beneficiary.

The AWW is based on the wages the employee earned in the 13 weeks immediately preceding the date of injury (or the wage a similar employee earned if the employee did not work the full 13-week period). "Wages" include all forms of remuneration payable to an employee for personal services, including fringe benefits. To simplify filing, employers may file wages in a monthly, biweekly, or weekly manner as discussed below.

NOTE - An employer who fails without good cause to timely file a complete wage statement as required by the Texas Workers' Compensation Act, Texas Labor Code, Section 408.063(c) and Worker’s Compensation Rule 120.4 may be assessed an administrative penalty.

The employer shall timely file a complete wage statement in the form and manner prescribed by the Division.

(1)The wage statement shall be filed (“filed” means received) with the carrier, the claimant, and the claimant's representative (if any) within 30 days of the earliest of:

(A)the employee’s eighth day of disability;

(B)the date the employer is notified that the employee is entitled to income benefits;

(C)the date of the employee’s death as a result of a compensable injury.

(2)The wage statement shall also be filed with the Division within seven days of receiving a request from the Division (Only When Requested).

(3)A subsequent wage statement shall be filed with the carrier, employee, and the employee’s representative (if any) within seven days if any information contained on the previous wage statement changes (such as if the employer discontinues providing a nonpecuniary wage that was initially continued after the date of injury).

All applicable DWC rules can be found at http://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/rules/

 

EMPLOYEE AND EMPLOYER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Employee’s Name (Last, First, M.I.):

 

Employer’s Business Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee’s Mailing Address (Street or P.O. Box):

Employer’s Mailing Address (Street or P.O. Box):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City:

State:

ZIP Code:

City:

State:

ZIP Code:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social Security Number:

 

 

Federal Tax I.D. Number:

 

 

 

xxx-xx-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Hire:

 

Date of Injury:

Name and Phone # of Person Providing Wage Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of today’s date, the employee is not back at work. OR

The employee returned to work on ____________ and is working:

without restriction. OR

with restrictions and is earning wages of $_____________ per

week/month (circle one).

NOTE – Rule 120.3 requires the employer file the Supplemental Report of Injury (DWC FORM-6) to report changes in Work Status and Post-Injury Earnings.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT this wage statement is complete, accurate, and complies with the Texas Workers' Compensation Act and applicable rules, and the listed wages include all pecuniary and nonpecuniary wages paid for (earned in) the 13 weeks prior to the date of injury (as described on page 2) and I understand that making a misrepresentation about a workers’ compensation claim is a crime that can result in fines and/or imprisonment.

Signature: __________________________________ Date: ____________

EMPLOYMENT STATUS AT TIME OF INJURY (Check All That Apply)

 

Full-time: employee who regularly works at

Part-time: Regular Course of Conduct:

Minor: employee less than 18 years of age

 

least 30 hours per week and whose schedule is

employee whose work history for the 12-month

and not emancipated by marriage or judicial

 

comparable to other employees of the company

period preceding the injury shows the person only

action who is also an apprentice, trainee or

 

and/or other employees in the same business or

worked part-time during that period.

student.

 

 

 

vicinity who are considered full-time.

 

 

Part-time: Not Regular Course of Conduct:

Student:

employee enrolled in a course of

 

Seasonal: employee who as regular course of

employee whose work history for the 12-month study in high school, college or other institute of

 

period preceding the injury shows part-time and full

higher education or technical training.

 

conduct engages in seasonal

or

cyclical

 

time work during that period.

 

 

 

 

employment that may or may not be agricultural in

 

 

 

 

Apprentice: employee who is learning a skilled

Trainee:

employee undergoing systematic

 

nature and that does not continue throughout the

 

trade or art by practical experience under the

instruction and practice in some art, trade or

 

year.

 

 

 

 

 

direction of a skilled crafts person or artisan.

profession with a view towards proficiency in it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAME OR SIMILAR EMPLOYEE?

 

If the employee was not employed for 13 continuous weeks before the date

 

 

The wage information on this form is for:

 

of injury, report the wages of an employee who has training, experience,

 

 

 

skills & wages comparable to the injured employee AND who performs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Injured Employee OR

A

Similar

Employee (NOTE – If

services/tasks comparable in nature and in number of hours. If no similar

 

 

requested by the Division, the employer shall identify the similar employee

employee exists, report the limited available wages earned by the

 

 

whose wages were provided.)

 

 

 

injured employee prior to the injury.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE TO INJURED EMPLOYEE – If you were injured on or after 7/1/02, and had employment with more than one employer on the date of injury, you can provide your insurance carrier with wage information from your other employment for the carrier to include in your AWW and this may affect your benefits. Contact your carrier for additional information or call the Division at (800) 252-7031. You can also read rule 122.5 at http://www.tdi.texas.gov/wc/rules/

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WAGE INFORMATION INSTRUCTIONS

Employee Name:

Social Security #:

Date of Injury:

-The employer shall report all wages earned in the 13 weeks immediately preceding the date of injury. If the employee is paid on a monthly or semi-monthly basis, the employer may provide wages for the 3 months preceding the date of injury. Monthly wages may also be converted to weekly wages by dividing the gross monthly amount by 4.34821. If the employee is paid on a biweekly basis, the employer may provide the wages for the 14 weeks preceding the date of injury. When setting the periods to report, the employer may adjust the reporting period backward slightly (up to six days) to line up the reporting timeframes with the employer’s natural pay cycle. However, the employer shall not report wages earned on or after the date of injury.

-If reporting weekly earnings, use all 13 Period Columns below. If reporting 3 months of earnings, either convert the wages to weekly earnings or use the first 3 Period Columns. If reporting 14 weeks of biweekly earnings, use the first 7 Period Columns. In all cases, indicate the dates that each period covers.

 

 

 

 

 

Pecuniary Wages include all wages that are paid to the employee in the form of money. These include, but are not limited to:

 

 

 

 

 

hourly, weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc. wages; salary; tips/gratuities; piecework compensation; monetary allowances; bonuses; and

 

 

 

 

 

commissions. Earnings are reported in the periods they are earned, NOT when they are paid and some (such as bonuses and

 

PECUNIARY WAGE INFORMATION

 

 

 

commissions) need to be prorated. Pecuniary wages don’t include payments made by an employer to reimburse the employee for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

use of the employee's equipment or for paying helpers or to reimburse for travel expenses. Consider as earnings amounts from paid

 

 

 

 

 

holidays and any vacation, personal or sick leave an employee used but not the market value of leave time earned but not used.

 

PERIOD # (Week #,

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

 

 

Month #, or Bi-Week #)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM DATE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO DATE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# HOURS WORKED:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GROSS WAGES

EARNED:

Nonpecuniary Wages include all wages paid to the employee in a form other than money. These include, but are not limited to, the NONPECUNIARY WAGE INFORMATION benefits listed below but do not include monetary allowances or stipends paid to allow the employee to purchase the benefits.

Nonpecuniary

Employer

Specify Value Or Amount Earned in Each Reported Period For Each Benefit Provided Prior To Injury

Will Employer

Date Benefit

Wage Type

Provided Prior

(Use the same periods as used above)

Continue To

Suspended

 

To Injury?

 

Provide?

(if suspended)

 

YES

NO

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

YES

NO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laundry/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clothing/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uniforms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lodging/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Housing/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vehicle/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: With few exceptions, you are entitled on request to be informed about the information that TDI-DWC collects about you. Under §§552.021 and 552.023 of the Government Code, you are entitled to receive and review the information. Under §559.004 of the Government Code you are entitled to have TDI-DWC correct information about you that is incorrect. For more information, call the local TDI-DWC field office at 800-252-7031.

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