Is there a situation where an employee is not entitled to receive potential temporary total or temporary partial disability benefits under the new law?
A new concept of “post-injury misconduct” has been introduced into the workers’ compensation law. If the injured employee returns to work and is terminated from that employment due to “post-injury misconduct” the employee is not eligible to receive temporary partial or temporary total disability benefits. The phrase “post injury misconduct” does not include absence from the work place due to an injury unless the employee is capable of working with restrictions, as certified by a physician.
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- Is there a situation where an employee is not entitled to receive potential temporary total or temporary partial disability benefits under the new law?
