Appellants' Reply Brief - Washington State Courts
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- Insurance Senices Policy Manual Policy 4.42 Claims Administration Effective 1 1-15-98 3. If needed, adjudicator bases wages on similar occupation. If the worker cannot provide acceptable documentation of wages for the time of injury but can establish the work pattern, the adjudicator bases wages on the wages for similar occupation. (See RCW 51.08.178(4).) 4. While waiting for wage information, adjudicator pays at lowest rate. While waiting for acceptable documentation of the worker's wages at the time of injury (see Section 2, above), the adjudicator pays time-loss compensation at the lowest rate based on the documentation that is in the file. If there is no wage information in the file, the adjudicator pays at the minimum rate. Until the wage is established, the adjudicator must use interlocutory Orders for these payments. Policy author: Juanita Perry, (360) 902-4260 For technical questions: State Fund Claims Training, (360) 902-4576 Self-Insurance Claims Training, (360) 902-6904 Page 2 of 2
Appendix C
- Page 1 and 2: NO. 34504-8-11 COURT OF APPEALS, DI
- Page 3 and 4: Determine Earning Capacity Where A
- Page 5 and 6: Shelton v . Azar. 90 Wn . App . 923
- Page 7 and 8: I. OVERVIEW OF DEPARTMENT'S REPLY B
- Page 9 and 10: that the Board deducted from her gr
- Page 11 and 12: P.3d 583 (2001), the injured worker
- Page 13 and 14: equivalent could not be "fairly and
- Page 15 and 16: case. Hertzke v. Dep't ofRetirement
- Page 17 and 18: Employer's Quarterly Report of Hour
- Page 19 and 20: daily, weekly or monthly wage per R
- Page 21 and 22: Estate, 70 Wn. App. at 488; Lloyds
- Page 23 and 24: For example, a bookstore owner who
- Page 25 and 26: into a wage-equivalent (AB at 35-37
- Page 27 and 28: I. Case Law Analyzing The Fundament
- Page 29 and 30: expenditure was discretionary, but
- Page 31 and 32: cash to a bank account, and that th
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- Page 37 and 38: Claims Adm. Policy Manual Policy 4.
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- Insurance Senices Policy Manual Policy 4.42<br />
Claims Administration Effective 1 1-15-98<br />
3. If needed, adjudicator bases wages on similar occupation.<br />
If the worker cannot provide acceptable documentation of wages for the time of injury<br />
but can establish the work pattern, the adjudicator bases wages on the wages for similar<br />
occupation. (See RCW 51.08.178(4).)<br />
4. While waiting for wage information, adjudicator pays at lowest rate.<br />
While waiting for acceptable documentation of the worker's wages at the time of injury<br />
(see Section 2, above), the adjudicator pays time-loss compensation at the lowest rate<br />
based on the documentation that is in the file. If there is no wage information in the<br />
file, the adjudicator pays at the minimum rate. Until the wage is established, the<br />
adjudicator must use interlocutory Orders for these payments.<br />
Policy author: Juanita Perry, (360) 902-4260<br />
For technical questions: <strong>State</strong> Fund Claims Training, (360) 902-4576<br />
Self-Insurance Claims Training, (360) 902-6904<br />
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