Legal Question in Workers Comp in New York

A release back to work with restrictions really means that your doctor feels you have a partial disability. The law does not require your employer to take you back with restrictions so if they have no work that will accomodate your restrictions, you should be entitled to partial compensation. Unfortunately, that means only partial wages and that might not be that much. The insurance company will probably argue that partial should be the bare minimum or the lowest partial rate. This is typically where a lawyer may be able to help since he can litigate or negotiate a higher partial rate than what the insurance company is likely willing to initially offer.