Iowa § 85.37 - 85.37 Compensation schedule.
Full text of Iowa Iowa Code § 85.37 — 85.37 Compensation schedule., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 85.37. 85.37 Compensation schedule.
1. If an employee receives a personal injury causing temporary total disability, or causing a permanent partial disability for which compensation is payable during a healing period, compensation for the temporary total disability or for the healing period shall be upon the basis provided in this section. The weekly benefit amount payable to any employee for any one week shall be upon the basis of eighty percent of the employee’s weekly spendable earnings, but shall not exceed an amount, rounded to the nearest dollar, equal to two hundred percent of the statewide average weekly wage paid employees as determined by the department of workforce development under section 96.1A, subsection 35, and in effect at the time of the injury. Total weekly compensation for any employee shall not exceed eighty percent per week of the employee’s weekly spendable earnings. The minimum weekly benefit amount shall be equal to the weekly benefit amount of a person whose gross weekly earnings are thirty-five percent of the statewide average weekly wage, or to the spendable weekly earnings of the employee, whichever are less. 2. Such compensation shall be in addition to the benefits provided by sections 85.27 and 85.28. [S13, §2477-m9; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §1390; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §85.37; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §14] 87 Acts, ch 111, §4; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §35; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §80; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §35 Referred to in §85.33, 85.34 Wed Dec 10 22:31:27 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 85.37 (27, 0)
Frequently Asked Questions About Iowa § 85.37
What does Iowa Code § 85.37 cover?
Section 85.37 ("85.37 Compensation schedule.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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