What is the formula for TPD?

What is the formula for TPD?

• A. Earnings at DOI - Earnings after RTW / 1.5
• B. Earnings at DOI / (Earnings after RTW - 1.5)
• C. (Earnings after RTW - Earnings at DOI) / 2
• D. (Earnings at DOI - Earnings after RTW) * 1.5

Answer: (A)

Temporary Partial Disability benefits are based on two-thirds of the wage loss from the injury. The wage loss is the difference between what you earned at the date of injury (pre-injury earnings) and what you earn after returning to work (post-injury earnings). So the calculation is: take that difference, then multiply by 2/3. Since multiplying by 2/3 is the same as dividing by 1.5, the formula is (Earnings at DOI − Earnings after RTW) / 1.5. That matches the option that divides the difference by 1.5. The other forms would misstate the benefit: using division by a different amount, or multiplying by 1.5, would not yield two-thirds of the wage loss.

Temporary Partial Disability benefits are based on two-thirds of the wage loss from the injury. The wage loss is the difference between what you earned at the date of injury (pre-injury earnings) and what you earn after returning to work (post-injury earnings). So the calculation is: take that difference, then multiply by 2/3. Since multiplying by 2/3 is the same as dividing by 1.5, the formula is (Earnings at DOI − Earnings after RTW) / 1.5. That matches the option that divides the difference by 1.5.

The other forms would misstate the benefit: using division by a different amount, or multiplying by 1.5, would not yield two-thirds of the wage loss.