workers' compensation programs, rehabilitation supports and welfare improvements.
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Temporary Disability Benefits ("TDBs")
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- Temporary Disability Benefits ("TDBs")
TDBs refer to benefits paid to an eligible worker with temporary disability resulting from a work-related injury or disease, or his/her dependents, for a living.
The eligible worker or his/her dependents shall be paid TDBs corresponding to 70% of his/her daily average wages for (i.e. multiplied by) at least four days of his/her time-off from works to receive medical
treatments as inpatient or outpatient.
TDBs for old workers
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If a worker with eligibility for TDBs reaches the age of 61, he/she shall be given adjusted TDBs due to him/her for the subsequent years as follows:
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<Case 1> where the worker has received TDBs before the age of 61:
Age Adjusted TDBs payable 61 TDBs payable per day × 66/70 62 TDBs payable per day × 62/70 63 TDBs payable per day × 58/70 64 TDBs payable per day × 54/70 65 or older TDBs payable per day × 50/70 -
<Case 2> where the worker falls under worker type categorized as low-income earner:
Age Adjusted TDBs payable 61 TDBs payable per day × 86/90 62 TDBs payable per day × 82/90 63 TDBs payable per day × 78/90 64 TDBs payable per day × 74/90 65 or older TDBs payable per day × 70/90
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<Case 1> where the worker has received TDBs before the age of 61: