5.17 Calculating Earnings from Self-employment

The method to calculate earnings from self-employment is used for both NE/NWE and AE (actual earnings/able to earn). There are multiple methods to calculate earnings from self-employment and discretion should be used to pick the method that best represents the person’s earnings.  The same method should be used to calculate both the person’s NE/NWE and the person’s AE. See section 8.6.

5.16 MRCA - Service giving rise to injury is Part-time Reserves – Not engaged in civilian work - Section 161

The following formula is applicable when the person:

  • Is discharged

  • Last service was in the Part-time Reserves

  • Is not engaged in civilian work immediately before ceasing to be a member (section 161).

NE = 7 x Reserve daily rate of pay + (pay-related allowance days for the week x amount of pay-related allowances for a day)

Where:

  • rate of pay means the daily rate that would be paid if the person was still a part-time Reservist.

5.15 MRCA - Service giving rise to injury is Part-time Reserves – Engaged in civilian work - Section 154-155

The following formula is applicable when the person:

  • Is discharged

  • Last service was in the Part-time Reserves

  • Is engaged in civilian work immediately before ceasing to be a member (section 154-155).

NE = ADF component (Reserve pay and allowances) for the week + civilian component (civilian pay and allowances) for the week

Where:

5.14 MRCA - Service giving rise to injury is Continuous Full-time Service (CFTS) – Section 144 or 147-149 & Section 168 or 170-173)

The following formula is applicable when the person:

  • Was injured in CFTS

  • Is discharged

  • Last service immediately before ceasing to be a member was as a CFTS member (section 144 or 147-149) or as a part-time Reservist and the person's last FT service was as a CTFS member (section 168 or 170-173)

Note: If the person's last service was as a part-time reservist and their last FT service was as a PF member, then section 164 applies. See section 5.13.

5.13 MRCA - Service giving rise to injury is Permanent Forces (PF) – Section 141 & 164

The following formula is applicable when the person:

  • Was injured in PF

  • Is discharged

  • Last service immediately before ceasing to be a member was as a PF member (section 141) or part-time Reservist and the last period of FT service was as a PF member (section 164).

Note: If the person's last service was a part-time reservist and their last FT service was CFTS, then section 168 or section 170-172 applies. See section 5.14.