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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