Temporary total disability (TTD) benefits are what most people think of as typical workers' compensation benefits. They are the cash benefits you receive when your injury temporarily prevents you from working in any capacity for any employer.
The amount of TTD payments will be calculated based on your average weekly wages. For the first 12 weeks following your injury, you will be paid 72 percent of your average gross earnings during the six weeks prior to your accident, excluding overtime earnings. After 12 weeks, you will receive 66 percent of your average weekly earnings over the previous 52 weeks prior to the injury.
What Do You Need to Do to Qualify for Temporary Total Disability Benefits?
Your doctor will be required to certify in writing that you are unable to return to work in any capacity, due to the allowed conditions of your claim. You may also qualify for TTD benefits if your doctor certifies that you are capable of returning to work with certain restrictions, but your employer does not have work that meets the restrictions.
You may qualify for temporary total disability until such time that:
- Your doctor releases you to full duty
- Your employer offers light duty that your doctor feels you are capable of
- Your Industrial Commission Hearing Officer finds that you have reached maximum medical improvement.
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