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Workers’ Comp Jeopardy Making Workers’ Compensation Fun! RETURN TO WORK EDITION Hosted By:  Edward R. Carpenter, Jr., Esquire Distinguished Advisors:    Christopher A. DiMeo, Esquire Jeffrey S. Gross, Esquire The Honorable Andrea L. McCormick

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Workers’ CompJeopardy

Making Workers’ Compensation Fun!

RETURN TO WORK EDITION

Hosted By:  Edward R. Carpenter, Jr., Esquire

Distinguished Advisors:    Christopher A. DiMeo, EsquireJeffrey S. Gross, Esquire The Honorable Andrea L. McCormick

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JeopardyIT’S ALL IN 

THE FORM

TIC TOC

OFFSETS AND 

CREDIT

LABOR MARKET SURVEYS

HODGE PODGE

100 100 100 100 100

200 200 200 200 200

300 300 300 300 300

400 400 400 400 400

500 500 500 500 500

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IT’S ALL IN THE FORMfor 100

This form must be sent before a job offer is made

To Answer

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What is a Notice of Ability 

to Return to Work?

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This form must be issued within seven (7) days of the change of benefits following the claimant’s return to work.

To Answer

IT’S ALL IN THE FORMfor 200

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What is the LIBC 751 Notification of Suspension or Modification?

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This form can be used to obtain a voluntary suspension or modification of claimant’s benefits where the claimant returns to 

work

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IT’S ALL IN THE FORMfor 300

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What is an LIBC 337 Supplemental Agreement for Compensation? 

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This form can be utilized to obtain information regarding a claimant’s earning capacity following a work‐related injury

To Answer

IT’S ALL IN THE FORMfor 400

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What is an LIBC 750 and 760 form?

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DAILY DOUBLEEEEE

To Answer

IT’S ALL IN THE FORMfor 500

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?????????????

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The period of time an employer has in which to issue a Notification of Modification or Suspension following an 

injured worker’s return to work

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TIC TOC for 100

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What is seven (7) days?

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The period of time in which an injured worker can challenge a Notification of Modification or Suspension

To Answer

TIC TOC for 200

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What is twenty (20) days?

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The period of time a workers’ compensation judge must issue a Decision on a Challenge Petition

To Answer

TIC TOC for 300

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What is within fourteen (14) days after Challenge Hearing?

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The period of time of temporary partial disability benefits an injured worker is entitled 

to after return to work

To Answer

TIC TOC for 400

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What is 500 weeks?

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The period of time in which an injured workers must complete and return the LIBC 760 form

To Answer

TIC TOC for 500

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What is thirty (30) days?

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An employer is entitled to a dollar for dollar credit for these state benefits

OFFSETS AND CREDITfor 100

To Answer

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What is Unemployment Benefits?

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This change of status may alleviate the necessity of making a job offer if the injured worker has voluntarily removed him/herself 

from the workforce. 

To Answer

OFFSETS AND CREDITfor 200

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What is retirement?

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This type of payment to an injured worker may be applied as a credit to workers’ compensation benefits where the injured 

worker is separated from employment

To Answer

OFFSETS AND CREDITfor 300

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What is severance?

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TRUE or FALSE

Self‐employment earnings may preclude the payment of compensation benefits for wage loss benefits

To Answer

OFFSETS AND CREDITfor 400

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What is True?

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This employer funded benefits will limit or preclude the receipt of workers’ compensation wage loss benefits

To Answer

OFFSETS AND CREDITfor 500

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What is STD/LTD benefits?

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This document is required before any attempt at a job offer or labor market survey may be undertaken

To Answer

LABOR MARKET SURVEYSfor 100

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What is a Notice of Ability 

to Return to Work?

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TRUE OR FALSEAn employer is under no obligation to offer an injured worker a 

job before a labor market survey can be performed

To Answer

LABOR MARKET SURVEYSfor 200

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What is false? 

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TRUE OR FALSEIn a labor market survey, jobs must remain 

available until such time as the injured worker is afforded a reasonable opportunity to apply for 

them

To Answer

LABOR MARKET SURVEYSfor 300

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What is TRUE?

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TRUE OR FALSEIn determining earning power under a labor market survey, a workers’ compensation judge may choose any qualified position to determine post‐injury earnings.

To Answer

LABOR MARKET SURVEYSfor 400

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What is TRUE?

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The percentage amount of wage loss benefits an injured workers entitled upon return to work with a loss of earnings

To Answer

LABOR MARKET SURVEYSfor 500

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What is 2/3 of the difference of between average weekly wage and 

actual earnings?

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This injured worker’s conduct may result in an employer’s action, which will preclude the payment of wage loss benefits

To Answer

HODGE PODGEfor 100

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What is termination for cause?

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Membership in this organization may impact the ability of an employer to offer a job, and render an otherwise appropriate job 

offer defective

• To Answer

HODGE PODGEfor 200

To Answer

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What is union status?

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This employer action will not affect the entitlement to wage loss benefits for an injured worker who has returned to work in his 

time of injury job.

To Answer

HODGE PODGEfor 300

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What is a layoff?

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TRUE OR FALSEA labor market survey is not incompetent where a job listing does not meet the legal standard where 

other jobs do meet the legal criteria.

To Answer

HODGE PODGEfor 400

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What is TRUE?

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A return to work will reduce or preclude this scheduled worker’s compensation benefit

To Answer

HODGE PODGEfor 500

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What is a healing period? 

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