RS 29:409: Workers' compensation benefits; supplementary earnings benefits; voluntary suspension

A. Any employee receiving supplemental earnings benefits pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 23:1221(3) who is called to service in the uniformed services, and is found to be medically deployable militarily, and is subsequently deployed, shall, at his option, be allowed to suspend any such benefit payments for which he would otherwise be eligible during his period of service in the uniformed services.

B. The director of the office of workers' compensation of Louisiana Works shall, by rule, prescribe the method by which such employee may request the suspension of benefits.

C. During the period of such voluntary suspension, the provisions of R.S. 23:1221(3)(d)(i), if otherwise applicable, shall not apply to such individual.

D. The employee shall be restored to the same benefits he would have received had he not been called to service in the uniformed services, provided that he makes an application to resume such benefits after his release from service in the uniformed services or release from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services as provided for in R.S. 29:406.