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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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21 Working out average pre-incapacity weekly earnings for
non-contractor
(1) In working out average pre-incapacity weekly earnings for a worker
who is not a contractor—
(a) if the worker was, immediately before the injury, employed by
2 or more employers—the worker’s earnings from all
employment must be taken into account; and
(b) the actual weekly earnings of the worker may be taken into
account over—
(i) a period of 1 year before the injury; or
(ii) if the worker has not been employed for 1 year—the period
of employment.
(2) However, if it is not possible to work out fair average pre-incapacity
weekly earnings for the worker under subsection (1) because the
worker has only been employed for a short time, because of the terms
of the worker’s employment or for some other reason, the worker’s
average pre-incapacity weekly earnings may be worked out by
reference to the average weekly amount being earned by—
(a) others in the same employment who perform similar work at the
same grade as the worker; or
(b) if there is no-one mentioned in paragraph (a) in the same
employment—others in the same class of employment as the
worker, who perform similar work at the same grade as the