1. Under the Pennsylvania Workers Compensation Act, workers compensation benefits are generally the employee's:

Exclusive remedy against the employer for a work-related injury

The Act makes workers compensation the exclusive remedy against the employer, barring most employee lawsuits regardless of fault.

2. A Pennsylvania worker who, due to a job injury, can never return to any gainful employment is classified as having:

Permanent total disability

Permanent total disability describes an injury that permanently prevents the worker from returning to any gainful employment.

3. Pennsylvania workers compensation benefits for a job-injured worker include all of the following EXCEPT:

Damages for pain and suffering

Workers compensation pays statutory medical, wage-loss, and death benefits but not tort damages such as pain and suffering.

4. A worker who is completely unable to work for a time but is expected to fully recover has:

Temporary total disability

Temporary total disability is a complete but temporary inability to work, with expected recovery.