If you work in Waterbury Connecticut and get injured at work please let The Law Office of Thomas L. Brayton, III help you with your workers compensation claim. If you are injured at work you may miss time from work and eventually be told by your doctor that you can go back to limited work, with work duty restrictions. This means that, in the context of your workers compensation claim, you have a light duty work capacity and cannot perform all of your job duties. The doctor may say that due to your work injury you cannot lift more than 20 pounds or you should not be on your feet for more than an hour, as well as many other reasons. If you are injured at work, the first thing to know is that your employer can accommodate your light duty work capacity and give you light duty work, which may be different and more limited than your regular work duties. Workers compensation practice also means that if the employer cannot give you light duty work you must search for at least five (5) jobs each week to be eligible for temporary partial workers compensation benefits, which is your weekly workers compensation benefit rate. Thus, the work injury may require that you look for these five jobs, while on light duty because you were injured at work and they must fit within your job restrictions. If you work in Waterbury and need help with your workers compensation case please let the Law Office of Thomas L. Brayton, III, with offices in Waterbury and Bethlehem, Connecticut help you make it back to work.