I've been fired or threatened to be fired by my employer while I'm off work because of my injury. I am having a dispute with my employer about my worker's compensation benefits. The Workers Compensation law provides three types of benefits for a person who is injured while performing work-related duties. The first, and probably the most important benefit, is that the employee is entitled to receive medical treatment for the work-related injury and does not have to pay for that treatment.
Payment is made by the employer or insurer.
But remember that the employer has the right by law to select the physician. The second benefit is referred to as temporary total disability or TTD which is compensation for the time the doctor says you are unable to work because of the injury. You will not receive TTD benefits for the first three regularly scheduled work days you are off unless you are off for a total of fourteen or more calendar days. Those benefits are calculated at two-thirds of your average weekly wage not to exceed a maximum rate set by the legislature. Your average weekly wage is determined according to how your wages are fixed, whether by the week, by the month, by the year, or by some other method, such as amount of sales.