# Pennsylvania — Workers' compensation waiting periods and retroactive thresholds by US state

For Pennsylvania, waiting period (days) is 7 calendar days; retroactive trigger (days) is 14 days; how days are counted is Calendar days including weekends. The worker must be disabled more than seven calendar days before WC payments for disability are payable. Benefits for time lost from work are payable on the eighth day after injury; statute or rule citation is 77 Pa. Stat. § 431, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** Pennsylvania _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period (days):** 7 calendar days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Retroactive trigger (days):** 14 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **How days are counted:** Calendar days including weekends. The worker must be disabled more than seven calendar days before WC payments for disability are payable. Benefits for time lost from work are payable on the eighth day after injury. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute or rule citation:** 77 Pa. Stat. § 431 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> You must be disabled more than seven calendar days (including weekends) before WC payments for disability are payable. Benefits for time lost from work are payable on the eighth day after injury. Once you have been off work 14 days, you receive retroactive payment for the first seven days.

## Source

- https://www.dli.pa.gov/Individuals/Workers-Compensation/publications/Pages/LIBC-100-WC--The-Injured-Worker-Pamphlet.aspx

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
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