Section 11-9-520 - Compensation for disability - Temporary partial disability

In case of temporary partial disability resulting in the decrease of the injured employee's average weekly wage, there shall be paid to the employee sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the difference between the employee's average weekly wage prior to the accident and his or her wage-earning capacity after the injury.Init. Meas. 1948, No. 4, § 13, Acts 1949, p. 1420; Init. Meas. 1956, No. 1, § 2, Acts 1957; Acts 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1227, § 8; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-1313; reen. Acts 1987, No. 1015, § 8.