- According to the Louisiana Workers' Compensation Act, an employer must pay 2/3 of an injured employee's regular wages if that employee received an on-the-job injury that either temporarily or permanently disables him from engaging in employment for wages. The employer must pay this 2/3 wage for the entire period of the employee's "total disability."
- In Louisiana, if an employee receives an on-the-job injury that results in "permanent partial disability," allowing him to continue employment for wages in some capacity, he may still receive worker's compensation. In addition to a lump-sum of up to $30,000, the employee is entitled to 2/3 of his regular wage, for a period that ranges from 10 weeks, for the loss of a toe, to 200 weeks, for the loss of an arm.
- Most workers' compensation claims are the result of either temporary or permanent total disabilities, and the employee simply receives wage benefits until he can return to work. However, anatomical loss and permanent disfigurement claims also provide wage benefits, but on a sliding scale, depending on severity.
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