{"id":1998,"date":"2018-06-15T08:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.94.156.9\/?p=925"},"modified":"2022-07-27T07:20:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T07:20:39","slug":"what-are-temporary-disability-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accidentattorneycali.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/15\/what-are-temporary-disability-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Temporary Disability Benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you are injured at work and are unable to do your usual job, you may be eligible for temporary disability benefits during your recovery.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Temporary disability benefits are payments for lost wages because either 1) your treating doctor determined you are unable to do your usual job for more than 3 days, and 2) your employer doesn\u2019t offer you other work that pays your usual wages while you recover.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Disability Benefit Types<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are 2 types of temporary disability benefits and RP Law Group can help you with this.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If it is determined that you can\u2019t work at all during the recovery period, you may receive temporary total disability benefits.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>However, if you can do some work while recovering and your employer offers it, you may receive temporary partial disability benefits if your wages while recovering are below a maximum limit set by law.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Disability Benefit Amounts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Determining the exact amount of temporary disability benefits due can be complicated; however, RP Law Group is available to answer your questions.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>As a rule, temporary disability benefits are 2\/3 of the pre-tax wages you lose while recovering from the industrial injury.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>However, you can\u2019t receive more than the legally set maximum weekly amount or less than the minimum weekly amount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If your injury is covered by workers\u2019 compensation, temporary disability benefits are due within 14 days of your employer learning that you have an industrial injury and that your treating doctor determines that your industrial injury prevents you from doing your usual work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Temporary disability benefits may stop for any one of several reasons including your doctor returning you to work in some capacity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you have questions, please contact RP Law Group at (951) 394-3640.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are injured at work and are unable to do your usual job, you may be eligible for temporary disability benefits during your recovery.\u00a0 Temporary disability benefits are payments for lost wages because either 1) your treating doctor determined you are unable to do your usual job for more than 3 days, and 2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Are Temporary Disability Benefits? 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