What is the name of your state? hawaii
i was involved in a work accident in may 2005, i slipped on water and broke my fall with my left hand. since then i have had on going pain. ive been through therapy but still have sharp pains during use of my left hand. nothing was broken or fractured yet nothing seems to be working with healing. a month after my work injury in june, i was rear ended, resulting in a head injury, neck and back sprain which is still on going to this date. i have gotten a lawyer for the car accident but no one seems to want to take the workers comp case. i am more concerned about getting back to work. i am receiving workers comp wages but they are barely enough to live off of, yet my doctor will not release me for work since im a waitress and most of that work involves carrying things and lifting X amount of lbs. which i am unable to do between my wrist and back injury. my question is that if i find a job in the limits that my doctor restricts. like a receptionist job, will my workers comp wages be cut because i have found a different job even though my injuries from work are still limiting me to go back to the job where the injury occured?
i was involved in a work accident in may 2005, i slipped on water and broke my fall with my left hand. since then i have had on going pain. ive been through therapy but still have sharp pains during use of my left hand. nothing was broken or fractured yet nothing seems to be working with healing. a month after my work injury in june, i was rear ended, resulting in a head injury, neck and back sprain which is still on going to this date. i have gotten a lawyer for the car accident but no one seems to want to take the workers comp case. i am more concerned about getting back to work. i am receiving workers comp wages but they are barely enough to live off of, yet my doctor will not release me for work since im a waitress and most of that work involves carrying things and lifting X amount of lbs. which i am unable to do between my wrist and back injury. my question is that if i find a job in the limits that my doctor restricts. like a receptionist job, will my workers comp wages be cut because i have found a different job even though my injuries from work are still limiting me to go back to the job where the injury occured?