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Workers Compensation Act 1951
25Overtime—hours and wages
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25 Overtime—hours and wages
(1) This section applies to a component of the worker’s earnings or hours
attributable to overtime.
(2) The overtime is to be taken into account in working out average pre-
incapacity weekly earnings or average pre-incapacity weekly hours
only if—
(a) the worker worked overtime in accordance with a regular and
established pattern; and
(b) the pattern was substantially uniform as to the number of hours
of overtime worked; and
(c) the worker would have continued to work overtime in
accordance with the established pattern if the worker had not
been injured.