PJC General Negligence 2024

W ORKERS ’ C OMPENSATION —S UPPLEMENTAL I NCOME B ENEFITS

PJC 24.3

PJC 24.3

Reduced Earnings as Direct Result of Impairment— Instruction

An injured employee has earned less than 80 percent of the injured employee’s average weekly wage as a direct result of the impairment from the compensable injury if the impairment from the compensable injury is a produc ing cause of the reduced earnings. COMMENT When to use. PJC 24.3 should accompany PJC 24.2 if there is a question whether the injured employee has earned less than 80 percent of his preinjury average weekly wage during the applicable qualifying period as a direct result of the impairment from the compensable injury. Source of instruction. PJC 24.3 is derived from 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 130.102(c).

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