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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 152

Total incapacity—certain contract workers

152 Total incapacity—certain contract workers

(1) The compensation payable to a totally incapacitated contract worker is, for each week—
(a) for the first 26 weeks of the incapacity, the greater of the following—
(i) 85% of the worker’s NWE;
(ii) the amount payable under the worker’s contract of service; and
(b) from the end of the first 26 weeks of the incapacity until the end of the first 2 years of the incapacity, the greater of the following—
(i) 75% of the worker’s NWE;
(ii) 70% of QOTE; and
(c) from the end of the first 2 years of the incapacity until the end of the first 5 years of the incapacity—
(i) if a worker demonstrates to the insurer that the injury could result in a DPI of more than 15%—the greater of the following—
(A) 75% of the worker’s NWE;
(B) 70% of QOTE; or
(ii) otherwise—an amount equal to the single pension rate.
(2) However, the amount paid under subsection (1) (b) or (c) must not be more than the amount to which the worker would be entitled under subsection (1) (a) .
(3) In this section—

"contract worker" means a worker employed under a contract of service—
(a) as a public service officer; or
(b) as an officer of a government entity; or
(c) by a university; or
(d) as a salaried employee in the electricity industry; or
(e) as a health service employee under the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 .



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