PJC General Negligence 2024

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —D ISABILITY , MMI & I MPAIRMENT

PJC 23.12

PJC 23.12

Wages—Definition for Disability, Maximum Medical Improvement, and Impairment

“Wages” includes all forms of remuneration payable for a given period to an employee for personal services. The term includes the market value of board, lodging, laundry, fuel, and any other advantage that can be estimated in money that the employee receives from the employer as part of the employee’s remu neration. COMMENT When to use. PJC 23.12 may be used when a party disputes whether the injured worker has received remuneration following a compensable injury that may affect his entitlement to, or the amount of, temporary income benefits or supplemental income benefits. See PJC 23.3 for a question on wages earned during disability. Source of definition. The Labor Code defines “wages” as set out in PJC 23.12. Tex. Lab. Code § 401.011(43). The Administrative Code further defines the term. 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 128.1. See Texas Mutual Insurance Co. v. Cruz , 307 S.W.3d 925, 930 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2010, pet. denied), for further discussion.

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