Certain benefit rules apply if you can go back to work, but can no longer do your old job due to the injury.
If you are earning less because of the work-related injury, you can receive two-thirds of the difference in income from workers’ comp benefits.
In other words, say you earned $1,000 a week before the injury. Because you cannot do your old job, you were given a new one, but you earn $600 per week. That’s a difference of $400 per week. Workers’ comp may pay two-thirds of that difference, or $400.
You may also be eligible for vocational rehabilitation or job placement services if you can’t do your old job.