How do I get workers comp to pay for lost wages?

  When a compensable injury renders an employee unable to work, compensation for lost wages is paid starting on the eighth day.  However, if the employee is still disabled, on the twenty-second day after the injury, the employee will receive compensation for the first seven days that you were off.  Your employer must pay you these Temporary Total Disability Benefits ("TTD").  TTD amounts to two-thirds of your average weekly wage at the time of your injury.  The maximum amount of time that you can receive TTD benefits is 500 weeks.  If your employer's doctor is telling you that you have reached maximum medical improvement ("MMI"), and you are cleared to go back to work, you can seek the opinion of a doctor of your own choosing to confirm whether you are healthy enough to return to work.