Calvert v. Alachua County School Board

The workers’ compensation claimant appeals from a deputy commissioner’s order granting the employer/carrier an offset for group insurance premiums paid by the employer during a period of temporary total disability. On this issue we reverse. It is improper to allow an offset for group insurance premiums paid by an employer during a period of disability. Reese v. Sewell Hardware Co., Inc., 407 So.2d 965 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981); Belle v. General Electric Co., 409 So.2d 182 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982). The remaining point we find to be without merit and the order is otherwise affirmed.

REVERSED and REMANDED…