What are temporary partial disability benefits under the workers compensation law? When is an employee entitled to receive temporary partial disability benefits?
A. The treating doctor may release the employee to return to work with light duty or modified duty restrictions. The employer may offer an employee a job that would accommodate the light duty restrictions. Depending upon the number of hours the employee is able to work on light duty restrictions, and the wages paid by the employer, the employee may be entitled to receive temporary partial disability benefits. The temporary partial disability benefit consists of two-thirds of the difference between the employee’s average earnings prior to the accident, and the wages that employee earns during the period of disability, not to exceed the maximum rate set by the legislature.
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