Illinois workers' compensation wages- two jobs
A lot of people work more than one job. The usual situation is one full time job and one part time job. Both of those jobs are relevant if you get in a work accident. Here are some of the scenarios"
Let's assume your full time job is a nurse and to make extra money you work ten hours a week at a store like Home Depot. We'll assume you make $600.00 a week as a nurse and $150.00 a week at the Home Depot.
If you hurt your back lifting a patient and file a work injury claim, the first question is what is your average weekly wage. This is important because it helps determine what you will be paid if you can't work and how much your settlement is. In this case, it could either be $600 or $750.
It would be $600 if your hospital employer did not know you worked a 2nd job. It would be $750 if they did know about that job. Their knowledge is the key thing.
Assuming they knew about the 2nd job, if you were completely authorized off of work because of an injury you would received $500 a week tax free. If they didn't know about the 2nd job you would receive $400 a week. If you could only work as a nurse then you'd be paid for the Home Depot time that you are missing. If you could only work at Home Depot then you'd be paid for the nurse time that you are missing.
The two key points are that your employer knew about the 2nd job and you were employed in a 2nd job at the time of your accident.
Does this make sense? We try to write in plain English, but we aren't sure that we made it clear. If you have any questions just let us know.
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