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In this workers' compensation case, the Appeals Board clarified the commencement date for temporary disability payments under Labor Code section 4656(c)(1). Applying its en banc decision in Hawkins v. Amberwood Products, the Board held that the two-year period for temporary disability payments begins on the date indemnity is first paid to the worker, not when it is first owed or when unemployment benefits are reimbursed. Therefore, the commencement date was established as November 9, 2006, the date the applicant received his first temporary disability indemnity check.
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In this workers' compensation case, the Appeals Board clarified the commencement date for temporary disability payments under Labor Code section 4656(c)(1). Applying its en banc decision in Hawkins v. Amberwood Products, the Board held that the two-year period for temporary disability payments begins on the date indemnity is first paid to the worker, not when it is first owed or when unemployment benefits are reimbursed. Therefore, the commencement date was established as November 9, 2006, the date the applicant received his first temporary disability indemnity check.
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