PJC General Negligence 2024

PJC 22.5

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —A VERAGE W EEKLY W AGE

PJC 22.5 Similar Employees—Definition A “similar employee” is one with training, experience, skills, and wages that are comparable to those of the injured employee. Age, gender, and race shall not be considered. COMMENT When to use. PJC 22.5 may be used with PJC 22.1 when there is a question whether the average weekly wage should be based on the wages of a similar employee rather than on the wages of the claimant. Source of definition. PJC 22.5 is based on Tex. Lab. Code § 408.046 and 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 128.3(f).

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