WAGE LOSS

MN Workers Compensation Attorneys

If a Minnesota employee is injured on the job they are entitled to temporary disability benefits based on the injured worker’s average weekly wage. An injured worker will receive these temporary benefits until one of the following things happen:

• The employee is released back to work at full duty
• The employee returns to work at a job within their restrictions for the same hours and wage
• The employee is terminated for fault
• The employee reaches maximum medical improvement (MMI). This is basically defined as the point at which no further significant improvement can reasonably be anticipated.

If the worker reaches maximum medical improvement the worker’s right to temporary benefits stops. If the worker has sustained a permanent injury they may be entitled to permanent disability benefits.

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Lost wages benefits in Minnesota fall into four categories:

1. Temporary Total Disability Benefits (TTD)

2. Temporary Partial Disability Benefits (TPD)

3. Permanent Total Disability Benefits (PTD)

4. Permanent Partial Disability Benefits (PPD)

Temporary Total Disability Benefits

In Minnesota, if you are injured in an accident at work and are unable to return to your regular work duties or due to restrictions cannot find work you are entitled to temporary total disability benefits. You will receive wage loss benefits at 2/3 of your average weekly wage. Minnesota law has a limit of 104 weeks for this benefit. TTD benefits will also stop 90 days after the injured worker has reached maximum medical improvement.

Temporary Partial Disability Benefits

Temporary partial disability benefits are paid to an employee injured on the job that has gone back to work, but is not earning the same weekly wage that they were at the time of the injury. These wage loss benefits are paid at 2/3 of the difference between the worker’s gross weekly wage at the time of injury and their current actual earnings. There is a limit under Minnesota law to 225 weeks of partial disability benefits during the first 450 weeks following the work accident.

If you’ve been injured on the job and aren’t getting the workers’ compensation wage loss benefits you deserve, let the Minnesota work accident attorneys of Fields Law Firm fight for you. Simply complete a free consultation form online or call us at 612-370-1511 or toll free at 888-343-5375. One of our Minnesota job injury lawyers will contact you to discuss your claim and answer your questions free of charge.