§ 22-3-3-8 — Temporary total disability or total permanent disability; awards

Indiana § 22-3-3-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 3: WORKER'S COMPENSATION SYSTEM
• Ch. 3: Worker's Compensation: Notice of Injury; Treatment

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With respect to injuries occurring prior to April
1, 1951, causing temporary total disability for work there shall be paid
to the injured employee during such total disability for work a weekly
compensation equal to fifty-five percent (55%) of his average weekly
wages for a period not to exceed five hundred (500) weeks. With
respect to injuries occurring on and after April 1, 1951, and prior to
July 1, 1971, causing temporary total disability for work there shall be
paid to the injured employee during such total disability a weekly
compensation equal to sixty per cent (60%) of his average weekly
wages for a period not to exceed five hundred (500) weeks. With
respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 1971, and prior to July
1, 1974, causing temporary total disability for work there shall be paid
to the injured employee during such total disability a weekly
compensation equal to sixty per cent (60%) of his average weekly
wages, as defined in IC 22-3-3-22 a period not to exceed five hundred
(500) weeks. With respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1,
1974, and before July 1, 1976, causing temporary total disability or
total permanent disability for work there shall be paid to the injured
employee during such total disability a weekly compensation equal to
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of his average weekly wages
up to one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135.00) average weekly
wages, as defined in section 22 of this chapter, for a period not to
exceed five hundred (500) weeks. With respect to injuries occurring on
and after July 1, 1976, causing temporary total disability or total
permanent disability for work, there shall be paid to the injured
employee during the total disability a weekly compensation equal to
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of his average weekly
wages, as defined in IC 22-3-3-22, for a period not to exceed five
hundred (500) weeks. Compensation shall be allowed for the first seven
(7) calendar days only if the disability continues for longer than
twenty-one (21) days.
Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.29; Acts 1949, c.243, s.2; Acts
1951, c.294, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.353, SEC.2; Acts 1974, P.L.108,
SEC.9. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.112, SEC.1.