Which type of benefit aims to replace income lost due to an inability to work following an injury?

Wage replacement benefits are specifically designed to compensate individuals for income they lose as a result of being unable to work due to a work-related injury. This type of benefit serves to mitigate the financial impact of an injury that prevents an employee from performing their job and is critical in ensuring that individuals who are unable to earn their usual wages due to their condition have some form of income to support themselves during their recovery.

While permanent total disability benefits also address income loss, they are allocated for situations where an individual has reached maximum medical improvement and is permanently unable to work at all, rather than covering temporary income loss during recovery. Reemployment training benefits focus on providing resources and training for individuals who may need to switch careers or improve their skills after an injury, but do not directly replace lost wages. Death benefits for dependents come into play in the unfortunate event of a worker's death due to a work-related incident and provide compensation to their dependents, rather than addressing immediate income loss for the injured worker themselves.