How are Lost Wage Benefits computed in Kentucky?
Workers receive two-thirds (2/3’s) of their average weekly wage (AWW), while off work and recovering from the injury in Kentucky. (This is called Temporary Total Disability Benefits, or TTD.) A complicated statute spells out how AWW is computed (KRS 342.140). But, for hourly employees, the employer is required to look at the wages for the one year period prior to the injury, and consider overtime if the employee is paid hourly. There are also statutory limits on the amount that can be paid for TTD. (The weekly limit for TTD is $711.79 for an injury that occurred in 2010). An employee must be off work for at least seven consecutive days before TTD benefits are payable. If an employee is off work for at least 14 consecutive days, TTD benefits are payable from the first day off work.
