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Active legal developments (as of October 2026):

• Post-injury wage earning capacity is written into the statute: MCL 418.301(4)(b) counts wages the employee “is capable of earning at a job reasonably available to that employee, whether or not wages are actually earned”, MCL 418.301(8) pays partial benefits at 80% of the gap to that capacity, and MCL 418.301(9)(e)(iii) presumes a new capacity after 250 weeks of post-injury work.
• Out-of-state injuries run under MCL 418.845, not MCL 418.301 — the agency has jurisdiction if the employer is subject to the act and either the employee was a Michigan resident at the time of injury or the contract of hire was made in Michigan.
• The 2011 reform (2011 PA 266) put the pathology test in MCL 418.301(1) and MCL 418.401(2)(b): work must create a pathology “medically distinguishable from any pathology that existed prior to the injury”, and it applies only to injuries incurred on or after December 19, 2011. It reaches every personal injury, not only the mental and aging-process conditions that carry the separate “significant manner” test of MCL 418.301(2).
• Michigan rates no percentage impairment — partial disability turns on wage earning capacity under MCL 418.301(4) — but MCL 418.361(2) does fix a specific-loss schedule in weeks: thumb 65, hand 215, arm 269, foot 162, leg 215, eye 162.

Informational only — consult a licensed attorney for case-specific advice.