How long does the employer/insurer have to begin temporary benefits from the date disability begins?
The first weekly installment of temporary total disability benefits is due fourteen (14) days after the disability begins. IC 22-3-3-7 What is the waiting or retroactive period for temporary benefits? Payment is not required during the first seven (7) days of disablement unless the employee is disabled for more than 21 days. IC 22-3-3-7 What is the standard/procedure for terminating temporary benefits? Once begun temporary total disability may be terminated for the following reasons: The employee has returned to any employment; The employee has died; The employee has refused to undergo a medical examination under IC 22-3-3-6; The employee has received five hundred (500) weeks of temporary total disability benefits or has been paid the maximum compensation allowed under Section 22; The employee is unable or unavailable to work for reasons unrelated to the compensable injury. If terminated for any other reason notice must be given, in writing, on board form No. 38911. IC 22-3-3-7 Althoug
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