Background
2.Subsection 19(5) of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 provides for a ceiling on weekly incapacity payments after the first 45 weeks.
3.This ceiling is 150% of the Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings for Full Time Adults (AWOTEFA). The AWOTEFA is updated quarterly by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
A.W.O.T.E.F.A. UPDATE
|
Date of Effect |
AWOTEFA |
150% of AWOTEFA |
|
|
16/08/96 |
$672.60 |
$1008.90 |
|
|
14/11/96 |
$676.40 |
$1014.60 |
4.The next increase is expected in February 1997.
(signed)
ROBERT KNAPP
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
22 November 1996
OA 96/026 - .A.W.O.T.E.F.A.1 — Printed: September 8, 1997
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