If an employee earns $6.00 per hour and loses four weeks of work due to injury, what will be the total workers compensation benefit received?

To determine the total workers' compensation benefit received, you first need to calculate the employee's total earnings loss for the four weeks they were unable to work.

Given that the employee earns $6.00 per hour, we need to find out how many hours they typically work in a week. A common full-time schedule is 40 hours per week.

Now, we can calculate the weekly earnings:

• Weekly earnings = Hourly wage x Hours worked per week

• Weekly earnings = $6.00 x 40 = $240.00

Next, we find the total earnings loss for four weeks:

• Total earnings loss = Weekly earnings x Number of weeks off

• Total earnings loss = $240.00 x 4 = $960.00

However, workers' compensation in Florida typically provides benefits based on a percentage of the employee's wage, and the amount can also be subject to certain caps or adjustments based on maximum benefits allowed.

For simplicity, if we refer to a common figure of two-thirds (approximately 66.67%) of the employee's average weekly wage being applied for the calculation of benefits:

• Workers' compensation benefit per week = $240.00 x 0.6667 = $160.00