HAR §12-14-38. Entitlement to rehabilitation payments

(a) Temporary total disability benefits shall be paid the employee if, while enrolled in a program, the employee earns no wages. If the employee earns wages while enrolled, the provider shall, on a form approved by the director, report the gross weekly wages received by the employee. An approved gross wages report form shall include: (1) The employee's name, address, telephone number and social security account number; (2) The provider's name, address and telephone number; (3) The insurer's name, address and telephone number; 16 (4) The name, address, telephone number, and department of labor account number, as assigned by the department's unemployment insurance division, of the employer from whom the employee received wages; (5) The dates worked, hours worked, pay rate and gross wages; and (6) The provider representative's signature and date signed. (b) The gross wages report shall be submitted to the employer responsible for paying the employee's temporary total disability benefits within five days from the end of the scheduled vocational rehabilitation period. Upon request, the provider shall submit the gross wages report to the director. Based on the gross wages report, the employer shall make appropriate payments in accordance with section 386-25(d), HRS, within five days from the receipt date of the gross wages report form. (c) An employee's inability to enroll in or continue in a program due to injury or illness does not preclude the employee from receiving temporary total disability benefits in accordance with section 386-31(b). [Eff. 1/l/81; am 9/16/85; am 4/12/93; am 11/08/99] (Auth: HRS §386-72) (Imp: HRS §386-25)