3. General Provisions to Calculate Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) or Normal Earnings (NE)
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne
3.1 Service giving rise to injury
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/31-service-giving-rise-injury
3.2 Legislation
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/32-legislation
3.3 Maximum and minimum compensation rates
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/33-maximum-and-minimum-compensation-rates
3.4 Amounts excluded from NWE and NE
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/34-amounts-excluded-nwe-and-ne
3.5 Adjustments to NWE and NE
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/35-adjustments-nwe-and-ne
3.6 Allowances
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/36-allowances
3.7 NWE/NE calculation period
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/37-nwene-calculation-period
3.8 NWE in relation to 'transitional' (i.e. pre-SRCA) cases
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/38-nwe-relation-transitional-ie-pre-srca-cases
3.9 Types of service
Incapacity payments are essentially the difference between what a person would normally earn in a week, (called either Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) under the SRCA or Normal Earnings (NE) under the MRCA) and the amount they are actually earning in a week following their injury.
Establishing a person’s NWE or NE forms the basis for all incapacity payment calculations and is intended to be a representation of what the person could normally have expected to earn but for the injury. A person’s NWE or NE is a notional amount.
Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-mrca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-policy-manual/3-general-provisions-calculate-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe-or-normal-earnings-ne/39-types-service