A worker's pre-injury weekly earnings are $1,200 and post-injury weekly earnings are $700. What is the wage loss TD rate?

A worker's pre-injury weekly earnings are $1,200 and post-injury weekly earnings are $700. What is the wage loss TD rate?

• A. $333.33
• B. $400.00
• C. $266.67
• D. $500.00

Answer: (A)

Temporary disability payments are based on two-thirds of the wage loss caused by the injury. First, determine the wage loss: pre-injury weekly earnings minus post-injury weekly earnings. Here, that’s 1,200 minus 700 = 500. Then take two-thirds of that wage loss to get the wage loss TD rate: 2/3 × 500 = 333.33. So the wage loss TD rate is 333.33 per week. This approach focuses on compensating the actual income they lost due to the injury.

Temporary disability payments are based on two-thirds of the wage loss caused by the injury. First, determine the wage loss: pre-injury weekly earnings minus post-injury weekly earnings. Here, that’s 1,200 minus 700 = 500. Then take two-thirds of that wage loss to get the wage loss TD rate: 2/3 × 500 = 333.33. So the wage loss TD rate is 333.33 per week. This approach focuses on compensating the actual income they lost due to the injury.