Some employers have a nasty way of reducing \u00a0injured employees hours\u00a0who are recovering from a work accident with temporary light duty work restrictions.\u00a0 You may be entitled to workers’ compensation\u00a0 called temporary partial disability benefits if your take home pay is drastically reduced.\u00a0 Here’s how to know whether you are entitled to these benefits, and how to get them:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Find the letter from the adjuster that tells you what your average monthly wage is and what your daily compensation rate is when you are taken off work completely by your treating doctor.\u00a0 If you haven’t received an average monthly wage determination letter, you will have to ask the adjuster to send you one so that you both know whether you are entitled to TPD while working reduced hours on light duty<\/p>\n
2. Multiply the daily compensation rate by the number of days in your employer’s pay period.\u00a0 If your employer pays you bi-weekly, you will multiply the daily rate by 14 to get your biweekly compensation rate. If your employer pays you weekly, multiply the daily rate by 7.<\/p>\n
3. Get your paycheck stub and note what your net wages<\/strong> are (meaning those after taxes and deductions).\u00a0 Do this for each paycheck while you are working light duty.<\/p>\n 4. If your net wages are less than your compensation rate for the same time period, then you are entitled to the difference.\u00a0 (Subtract your net wages from your compensation rate to get the difference.)<\/p>\n 5. Send a copy of each paycheck stub that is less than your compensation rate to the adjuster with a request that the adjuster pay TPD.\u00a0 Allow two weeks before you bug the adjuster about not getting a check.<\/p>\n 6. Make sure that it is your employer that is reducing your hours; not that you are asking for less hours or calling in sick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some employers have a nasty way of reducing \u00a0injured employees hours\u00a0who are recovering from a work accident with temporary light duty work restrictions.\u00a0 You may be entitled to workers’ compensation\u00a0 called temporary partial disability benefits if your take home pay is drastically reduced.\u00a0 Here’s how to know whether you are entitled to these benefits, and … Continue reading Less Hours and Less Pay for Light Duty?<\/span>