An employee is injured on the job and is out of work for 10 days. How many days' wages can this employee recover?

• A. No recovery
• B. 5 days
• C. 3 days
• D. 10 days

Answer: (C)

In Florida workers’ compensation, wage-replacement benefits for temporary total disability don’t start immediately—they begin after a 7-day waiting period. This means you only count the days of disability that occur after the first seven days.

For a 10-day absence, days 1–7 are waiting, and days 8–10 are payable. That results in three days of wages that can be recovered. The other options would reflect different waiting periods or no benefits, which isn’t the case here.