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on October 04, 2023
Weekly PTD benefits are 66 and two-thirds percent of the AWW, subject to the limits described above, and are available only if an employee’s work-related injury results in his or her:
In addition, the employee must be completely unable to earn any wages whatsoever in order to receive PTD benefits. Before awarding PTD benefits, the OWCA must consider whether there is a reasonable probability that, with appropriate training or education, the employee may be rehabilitated to the extent that he or she can achieve suitable gainful employment and, if so, whether it would be in the employee’s best interest to undertake vocational rehabilitation.
An employee will be disqualified from receiving PTD benefits if:
Under either of these circumstances, an employee may instead be eligible for supplemental earnings benefits.
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