This benefit is usually payable when the injured worker is unable to work during a period when he / she is under active medical care and has not yet reached what is called “maximum medical improvement”. Obviously, once “maximum medical improvement” has been reached the condition should no longer be considered as temporary.

Disputes often arise both on the issue of whether the injured worker is, in fact, disabled from work and on the issue of whether maximum medical recovery has been reached. States differ on how they treat situations where the employee is released to light duty work, but the employer will not offer light duty, or those situations where the employer declines to permit the injured worker to return to his job, even after a full duty release. In most states, compensation is paid at two-thirds of the employee's average weekly wage, not to exceed statutory weekly maximums above which no worker is entitled to be paid. It is not unusual for an employee’s temporary total disability weekly benefit to be capped by these statutory maximums.

Temporary Total Disability. This benefit is payable when the injured worker is unable to work during a period when he/she is under active medical care and has not yet reached what is called “maximum medical improvement”.

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