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If an employee returns on modified duty, must he or she receive their regular rate of pay?

April 26, 2017duty employee modified pay rate regular returns

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If an employee returns on modified duty, must he or she receive their regular rate of pay?

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An offer of temporary modified duty to an employee who is receiving temporary disability benefits does not have to be at his/her regular salary. The pay rate can be appropriate to the modified job and the employee can receive partial temporary disability pay from the workers compensation carrier.