2. Worker's Compensation
3. Insurers and Self-Insurers
4. Frequently Asked Questions when submitting the WC TPD Worksheet (Form 7359)

Frequently Asked Questions when submitting TPD Worksheet (Form 7359) using the Insurer's Pending Reports

1. What if I have a week within a period of TPD where the employee earns more than his or her weekly wage, or is on vacation. How do I reflect this?

In this case the period in question needs to be skipped. Accomplish this by splitting the period of TPD into two periods on the WKC13, with one period before the non-compensable week(s) and one period after. You will then have to complete two worksheet entries, one for the first period and one for the second.

2. If there are a lot of weeks for which I have to enter the partial wages earned, and the employee has earned the same amount for each week, do I have to re-key this value every time?

You can key in this amount once, and then copy and paste it for all the other applicable weeks.

3. What is the difference between the Reset button and the Cancel button?

The Reset button will save all of the worksheet detail entered and return you to the "Are the earnings from the job where the claimant was injured?" question. The Cancel button deletes all of the detail entered and returns you to the WKC13. In this case the worksheet detail is lost.

4. How do I change the previously submitted partial wages earned for a given week of TPD?

If the period of TPD is still open, i.e. it does not have a return to work date, click on the Send WKC13 button on the Claim Details screen, click Next, and click on the TPD hyperlink next to the hourglass icon. This will get you into the TPD Detail worksheet. Enter the new partial wages earned amount for the week(s) in question and then click the Save button. Remember to change the period's amount of compensation paid on the WKC13, if applicable.

If the period of TPD is closed, i.e. has a return to work date, then click on the Payment Info Tab on the Claim Details screen, click on the Edit Payment Amounts button, and then click on the Enter TPD Information button associated with the TPD period for which you need to change the partial wages earned. When you are done click the Save button and then click the Submit button.

5. If I am only paying for one week of TPD, do I have to pay for the waiting period? If I do not, how do I calculate this?

For temporary disability calculations involving the 3-day waiting period, indemnity is due for the first 3 days after the injury only if temporary disability exists for more than 7 calendar days after the day of injury. Always count Sunday in the 7 calendar days after the injury to determine if indemnity is due for the waiting period, but Sundays are not counted as one of the days in the 3-day waiting period unless the employee worked on Sundays. No TPD or TTD indemnity, however, is paid for Sundays.

If the employee is on TPD and is not entitled to indemnity or wages lost during the 3-day waiting period, treat wages lost during the 3-day waiting period as though the hours were worked and the wages were earned for the week. Add the hours and wages lost during the 3-day waiting period to the total number of hours worked and wages earned for the week. If you fail to do this you may pay more in TPD benefits than the law requires. NOTE: this period will need to be recomputed and the 3-day waiting period paid if the employee has a renewed period of disability beyond the 7 calendar days.

6. Suppose that I have a TPD last day worked that is five weeks in the past, and no return to work date. When I go into the worksheet it prompts me for five weeks of detail but I only know the detail for two of the five weeks. How can I file this worksheet?

There are two ways to accomplish this. First, you can make an estimated guess for the three unknown weeks. When that information does become available to you, however, you will have to go back into the worksheet and correct it (see above, question 4, for how to do this).

Second, on the WKC-13 you can enter the return to work date that will generate a worksheet with the two weeks that you know, and no more. After entering the detail, submit the WKC-13. When you receive the confirmation screen you must answer YES to the "will there be more Temporary Disability payments made on this claim in the future?" question, because the claimant has not actually returned to work full duty. When you are ready to make more payments you will have to go back into the claim and enter the necessary information to generate another worksheet (starting where the last one left off). You will then have to repeat the process described above in this paragraph until the claimant has actually returned to work full duty.

7. The wage for my part time, injured employee was expanded, but the Worker's Compensation Division is using a lower wage to calculate TPD payments due. Is this correct?

Yes it is. For part time employees, whose wage has been expanded and who have returned to light duty at the job of injury, the TPD wage is the highest actual wage, and not the expanded wage.

8. I have a claimant who was on TTD for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then started TPD on Thursday. If TPD must be run from Sunday to Sunday, how do I report this?

Whenever there is TTD and TPD in the same week, the entire week is figured as TPD and reported accordingly.

If the claimant has not been paid for the three days of TTD, then fill out the Internet TPD worksheet as an entire week of TPD and pay the claimant whatever the TPD rate is for the week.

If the claimant has been paid for the three days of TTD, then when filling out the Internet TPD worksheet enter as the wages earned whatever the claimant earned for the week from the employer. Do not include as wages earned what the claimant was paid in TTD. When figuring out what the claimant is owed, subtract whatever has been paid in TTD from the TPD rate for the week.