If you are receiving benefits for partial disability and you reach maximum medical improvement, the insurance company can petition the court for a 30% reduction in your weekly check. This reduction will not apply if you are working while receiving compensation. Also, the implementation of the reduction can be delayed if you can prove to the court that you are making a good faith effort at looking for a job or are participating in an approved vocational rehabilitation plan. The theory behind this law is that there is no reason why you shouldn’t be looking for a job once you are at an endpoint in treatment and know your permanent physical limitations. In fact, you have a duty to do so. If you do make a good faith effort at looking for work, then a judge has discretion to delay implementing the reduction. If you don’t look for work, you will be penalized with a 30% reduction.