Permanent restrictions??? Do not settle your case without a job in hand.
Everyone knows the economy sucks. It's not uncommon to get hurt on the job and a year later lose your job because of downsizing. It's also not uncommon to have permanent restrictions that can't be accommodated by your employer.
If that happens to you, you need to demand vocational rehabilitation. If you have permanent restrictions and no job the insurance company needs to find you a job within your restrictions or give you training for a new field. Sometimes they'll send you back to college to get a degree. Other times they'll teach you a new skill.
If you cooperate with vocational rehabilitation then you will continue to receive TTD benefits. If the new job doesn't pay as much as the old job would currently (IMPORTANT, we go by what the old job would be paying, not what you used to make so if your old job pays $25 an hour now and it used to pay $20 then we use the $25 figure) then you are entitled to 2/3 of the difference. This is called a wage differential.
If you have any questions about this please contact us at (312) 346-5578.
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