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# O.C.G.A. § 34-9-262. Compensation for temporary partial disability.

Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 34-9-263, where the disability to work resulting from the injury is partial in character but temporary in quality, the employer shall pay or cause to be paid to the employee a weekly benefit equal to two-thirds of the difference between the average weekly wage before the injury and the average weekly wage the employee is able to earn thereafter but not more than $533.00 per week for a period not exceeding 350 weeks from the date of injury.

## History

Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 31; Code 1933, § 114-405; Ga. L. 1949, p. 1357, § 2; Ga. L. 1955, p. 210, § 2; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 6; Ga. L. 1968, p. 3, § 2; Ga. L. 1973, p. 232, § 4; Ga. L. 1974, p. 1143, § 4; Ga. L. 1975, p. 190, § 2; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2220, § 4; Ga. L. 1985, p. 727, § 9; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1409, § 15; Ga. L. 1992, p. 1942, § 22; Ga. L. 1994, p. 887, § 15; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1367, § 9; Ga. L. 1999, p. 817, § 8; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1321, § 6; Ga. L. 2001, p. 748, § 7; Ga. L. 2003, p. 364, § 7; Ga. L. 2005, p. 1210, § 8/HB 327; Ga. L. 2007, p. 616, § 7/HB 424; Ga. L. 2013, p. 651, § 6/HB 154; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1079, § 4/HB 412; Ga. L. 2016, p. 287, § 4/HB 818; Ga. L. 2019, p. 798, § 5/SB 135; Ga. L. 2022, p. 350, § 2/HB 1409; Ga. L. 2023, p. 416, § 3/HB 480, effective July 1, 2023.

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 2023, p. 416, § 5/HB 480, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2023, and shall apply to injuries that occur on or after such date.”

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on worker’s compensation, see 71 Mercer L. Rev. 345 (2019).

## Amendments

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “$450.00” for “$383.00” near the end of this Code section.

The 2022 amendment, effective July 1, 2022, substituted “$483.00” for “$450.00”.

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, substituted “not more than $533.00 per week” for “not more than $483.00 per week” near the end.