Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 131 - SPECIAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE BEFORE WORKERS' COMPENSATION JUDGES
Subchapter C - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS
SUPERSEDEAS
Section 131.50 - Return to work-modification or suspension
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024
(a) If an employee returns to work, the insurer may modify or suspend the workers' compensation benefits.
(b) The insurer shall complete and file the form prescribed by the Department. The form shall be provided to the employee, employee's counsel, if known, and the Department within 7 days of the effective date of the suspension or modification of the workers' compensation benefits.
(c) When the insurer previously modified or suspended the employee's benefits under sections 413(c) or 413(d) of the act (77 P. S. §§ 774.2 and 774.3), to effectuate a subsequent modification or suspension of the employee's workers' compensation benefits, the insurer shall file the form specified in subsection (b), indicating the change in the employee's wages and corresponding change in the employee's workers' compensation benefits.
(d) Subsections (a)-(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code §33.33 (relating to effect of service upon an attorney).
The provisions of this §131.50 amended under sections 401.1, 435(a) and (c) and 1608 of the Workers' Compensation Act (77 P. S. §§ 710, 991(a) and (c) and 2708); section 2205 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 565); and section 414 of The Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act (77 P. S. § 1514).
