• PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS are payable to the employee when the authorized primary care physician or specialist indicates that the injured employee has reached  maximum medical improvement and has an impairment rating and 1) the primary care physician or specialist indicates that the Employee is permanently unable to work due to disability from the accident; or 2) The employee has searched for work for a sustained period of time and cannot find work within the employee’s physical and vocational limitations, or if jobs are not otherwise available for the employee within those physical and vocational  limitations. If the employee otherwise qualifies, the employee will get 66 2/3% of the employee's pre-accident weekly wage (AWW) tax-free every two weeks until the employee is 75 years old, along with a cost of living supplement uplifted each year to age 62.

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• IMPAIRMENT INCOME BENEFITS are payable to the employee when the authorized primary care physician or specialist indicates that the injured employee has reached overall maximum medical improvement and has an impairment rating. Employee would receive the equivalent of 75% of TTD payments for a period of weeks determined by a formula which multiplies his impairment rating by the number of weeks that apply to that particular rating. The impairment benefit is reduced to 50% of TTD payments per week for each week that the Employee earns wages at or above his pre-accident wage (AWW) under that formula.   

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• TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY PAYMENTS are payable to the employee when the authorized primary care physician or specialist indicates that the injured employee is temporarily unable to work. If the employee otherwise qualifies, the employee will get 66 2/3% of the employee's pre-accident weekly wages (AWW) tax-free every two weeks.

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• TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY PAYMENTS are payable to the employee when the authorized primary care physician or specialist indicates that the injured employee can only perform “light duty” or “sedentary” work. If the employee otherwise qualifies, and the employee does not work, the employee may receive 64% of the employee's pre-accident weekly wages (AWW) tax-free every two weeks. If the employee actually works with restrictions, the employee may receive a percentage of the difference between the pre-accident wages and post accident wages tax free every two weeks.

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• CATASTROPHIC TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY PAYMENTS are payable to the employee who has sustained the loss of an arm, leg, hand, or foot, has been rendered a paraplegic, paraparetic, quadriplegic, or quadriparetic, or has lost the sight of both eyes.  If the employee otherwise qualifies, the employee will receive 80% of the employee's pre-accident wages (AWW) for a maximum of six months, instead of other compensation. After those six months, the employee can seek other compensation benefits.