A chef with average weekly earnings of $1,300 is injured May 16, 2010. After this, he returns to part-time earnings of $450 per week. What is the wage loss TD rate?

A chef with average weekly earnings of $1,300 is injured May 16, 2010. After this, he returns to part-time earnings of $450 per week. What is the wage loss TD rate?

• A. $566.67
• B. $850.00
• C. $866.67
• D. $986.69

Answer: (A)

Temporary disability benefits are based on wage loss, not the full pre-injury wage. You take the pre-injury average weekly wage and subtract the earnings while disabled, then pay two-thirds of that difference. here, the pre-injury average weekly wage is $1,300 and the worker earns $450 per week after the injury. Wage loss = 1,300 − 450 = 850. The wage-loss TD rate is 2/3 of that amount: (2/3) × 850 = 566.67. So the wage loss TD rate is $566.67 per week.

Temporary disability benefits are based on wage loss, not the full pre-injury wage. You take the pre-injury average weekly wage and subtract the earnings while disabled, then pay two-thirds of that difference.

here, the pre-injury average weekly wage is $1,300 and the worker earns $450 per week after the injury. Wage loss = 1,300 − 450 = 850. The wage-loss TD rate is 2/3 of that amount: (2/3) × 850 = 566.67. So the wage loss TD rate is $566.67 per week.