If a worker is unable to work due to an injury, they are typically entitled to receive benefits at the total disability rate. This applies when the worker is completely impaired and cannot perform any type of occupation, or when they are incapable of doing the job they had at the time of getting injured. If the worker can't perform the same job they had before, the employer must demonstrate that other suitable work is available, and the worker is physically and vocationally capable of doing it. Here are answers to all your pressing PA workers compensation law questions: https://paworkinjury.info/overview-of-pennsylvania-workers-compensation-law/