CENTRAL COAST BUILDING SUPPLY; VIRGINIA SURETY COMPANY, adjusted by, APPLiED RISK SERVICES, ALFREDO REYES, WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAALFREDO REYES,,Applicant,vs.CENTRAL COAST BUILDING SUPPLY; VIRGINIA SURETY COMPANY, adjusted by, APPLiED RISK SERVICES,, Defendants).Case No.SAL 114162OPINION AND DECISIONAFTER RECONSIDERATION We previously granted defendant’s petition for reconsideration of the November 20. 2006 Findings and Award, wherein the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) awarded additional temporary disability indemnity to applicant. The WCJ found that the Labor Code section 4656(cXl) limit of 104 compensable weeks within a period of two years began to run on the date on which temporary disability indemnity was first paid and not on the date for which it was first owed.1 Applicant incurred industrial injury to his shoulder on September 29, 2004, and was temporarily disabled following that injury, but defendant did not commence payment of temporary disability indemnity until March 1, 2005. Defendant contends that section 4656(cXl) limits its liability for payment of temporary disability indemnity to 104 compensable weeks within a period of two year period following the date for which temporary disability indemnity is first owed. We will affirm the decision of the WCJ because the 104 compensable weeks within two years limit of section 4656{cXl) begins to run on the date on which temporary disability indemnity is first paid, and not on the date for which it is first owed. 1 All further statutory references are to the Labor Code. Section 2656(c)(1) provides in full: “Aggregate disability payments for a single injury occurring on or after the effective date of this subdivision, causing temporary disability shall not extend for more than 104 compensable weeks within a period of two years from the date of commencement of temporary disability payment.” , Applicant sustained indust
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