Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025
sec.106What amounts may be taken into account
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.106
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025.
sec.106 What amounts may be taken into account
In calculating the worker’s NWE, amounts paid to the worker by way of overtime, higher duties, penalties and allowances, in relation to work required by the worker’s employer, may be taken into account but only if the amounts— are of a regular nature; and would have continued if not for the worker’s injury. However, amounts mentioned in the Act , schedule 6 , definition wages , paragraphs (a) to (d) must not be taken into account in calculating the worker’s NWE. (sec.106-ssec.1) In calculating the worker’s NWE, amounts paid to the worker by way of overtime, higher duties, penalties and allowances, in relation to work required by the worker’s employer, may be taken into account but only if the amounts— are of a regular nature; and would have continued if not for the worker’s injury. (sec.106-ssec.2) However, amounts mentioned in the Act , schedule 6 , definition wages , paragraphs (a) to (d) must not be taken into account in calculating the worker’s NWE.
- (a) are of a regular nature; and
- (b) would have continued if not for the worker’s injury.