The short answer is that your medial benefits keep going and will be paid as long as they are reasonable and necessary. Your wage loss benefits (the weekly or bi-weekly Work Comp checks) may stop.
Quitting your job or getting fired for cause (doing something wrong) are generally bad for your Workers’ Compensation case. The rule of thumb you want to follow is to be “available for work within restrictions” once you are hurt at work. The employer, if they want to play hard ball, may be looking for an excuse to fire you. Or, they may give you a demeaning and insulting job to encourage you to quit. If they lay you off because there is no work for you within the restrictions resulting from your work injury, they have to put you back on Workers’ Compensation wage loss benefits. So,the employer has a financial incentive to get rid of you and make it look like your fault.
If you are going to quit; you need to make it clear in writing that the only reason you are resigning is that there is no job for you within your medical. You should also to speak with an attorney at Calhoon and Kaminsky P.C., before you quit for free to learn your rights….call us at 1-717-695-4722.
