Workers compensation for tipped employee

I know on the mainland they have to go by minimum wage for tip jobs.
Not sure if it applies on island or not.

If you actually reported your tips as income you would get 66% of that.

I report all of my tips. Every night.

Good, do you have a w-4 for 2012? That gross number would be divided by 52 and 66% of that would be the benefit. When things get better look into AFLAC insurance.

Bombi, do you know this from experience or is it part of a VI code/law?

Good, do you have a w-4 for 2012? That gross number would be divided by 52 and 66% of that would be the benefit.

I was thinking along those lines. No, I don't know this from experience or law. It's a hunch. But you probably mean W-2.

W-4 is the Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate (how much an employee wants an employer to withold from his pay)
W-2 is the Wage and Tax Statement (how much you made and how much was witheld last year)

From experience of managing 10 employees and breaking my foot at work 3 weeks ago., right W-2 form.

You're a manager and you recieve the majority of your wages from tips?

I don't have first hand knowledge of the way WC works but your W2 likely shows only your base wage and related deductions so I don't think you have much recourse. You may well file your annual tax returns to include your tips but your past year's returns aren't going to be of any help where their relationship to a current, temporary disability is concerned.

Once you get back on your feet again you should probably do a serious overhaul of your basic finances. It's generally advised that you save up an amount to cover minimum six months living expenses in case of an emergency, being laid off, etc. Your girlfriend could also look into what temporary benefits she may be eligible for through Social Security, WIC, SNAP, etc. Good luck!

No , property manager. On the W-2 form the first box is income, wages and tips. WC pays 100% of medical expenses up to $75K or 200k for off island specialed treatment. Lost time from work is compensated at 66% of the workers average salary not to exceed the average weekly wage of the VI.

Your paycheck stub should show your gross pay.
Example:
40 hrs [5 days x 8 hrs @$3.00 hr] = $120.00
Reported Tips [ credit card and cash tips minus payouts] 5 days @ $100 day = $500
Gross Pay - $620 week
Net Pay - $620 minus Fed. withholding, Social Security employee, Medicare employee = Net Pay

Some employers may not include your reported tips because they are required to pay their share of Social Security and Medicare on that amount in your Gross Pay. If this is the case you are then required to pay that separately when you file your income tax [ incidentally that payment must go to the Federal Govt. not the BIR]

But if reported tip income is reflected in your paycheck that should be the amount used for Workmans Comp.
The employee at Workmans Comp. who quoted you the payout rate may have assumed you report tips separately on a form for your taxes at the end of the year, which is not too uncommon, and in that case may be correct, but if you report them weekly and they are recorded on your pay stub as gross pay it should be considered as your weekly income.

Thanks for your help and advice everyone, @exitzero, where does your knowledge of the system come from. Is there somewhere I could find what you described in writing? I've exhausted every option I can think to look at. Thanks again

Just an outside the box suggestion, since your not going to be working could you stay home with the baby and your girlfriend actually fill in your place until your better? The restaurant will need to fill your spot I bet, so maybe could work out with essentially the same income? Once your better another swap? Sorry not a response to original question.

your employer has to file quarterly reports on payroll and withholding taxes etc...so there should be a record of what they said they were paying you. The report for Q1 2013 is not due till end of April, but last year's would have been filed end of january 2013.

His girlfriend would have to get a health card in order to work around food.

I don't know the Clinic hours on STX for the Food Handlers card but on STT if you drop your stool sample at a private lab at 9am, pick up the letter from them at 12:30pm and go to the clinic for the card you can punch in at a restaurant job by 3pm that afternoon - total cost $45.00.

Just an outside the box suggestion, since your not going to be working could you stay home with the baby and your girlfriend actually fill in your place until your better? The restaurant will need to fill your spot I bet, so maybe could work out with essentially the same income? Once your better another swap? Sorry not a response to original question.

Hum...if the OP is injured and not able to work at his job, he maybe not be able to take of the baby. Child care, when done properly, is pretty labor intensive. I think this is common misconception, "stay at home" moms don't work. I worked (for a paycheck) and took care of two kids. Believe me, the kid part was physcially draining.

Oh so true blu! I am a stay at home mom AND work 50+ hours outside of the home. The 50+ out of the home is almost like a vacation compared to the mom job 🙂