Once you have missed one shift or day of work as a result of a workplace injury or illness, the law requires your employer to file a first report of injury with the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Your employer can choose to accept or deny your claim.
Upon acceptance, you cannot receive disability payments to cover lost wages until you have missed at least seven calendars of work. Your benefits would then be payable on the eighth day after your injury. Once you have missed 14 days of work, you will receive payment for the first seven days you missed work.