{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-301.204","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 301.204","heading":"Continuation of lost-time wages.","body":"(a) Once approved, the inmate shall receive lost-time wages until the inmate:\n(1) Is released;\n(2) Is transferred to another institution for reasons unrelated to the work injury;\n(3) Returns to the pre-injury work assignment;\n(4) Is reassigned to another work area or program for reasons unrelated to the sustained work injury, or is placed into Disciplinary Segregation; or,\n(5) Refuses to return to a regular work assignment or to a lighter duty work assignment after medical certification of fitness for such duty.\n(b) An inmate medically certified as fit for return to work shall sustain no monetary loss due to a required change in work assignment. Where there is no light duty or regular work assignment available at the same rate of pay as the inmate's pre-injury work assignment, the difference shall be paid in lost-time wages. Lost-time wages are paid until a light duty or regular work assignment at the same pay rate as the inmate's pre-injury work assignment is available.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER III—FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC., DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 301—INMATE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION","Subpart B—Lost-Time Wages"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"b2634be0ac5026d37d61568a48a9a8bb987b03a85595aed29c08021f55485817","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-301.203","next":"us/28-cfr-301.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}