During the period of the work trial DVA will continue to make incapacity payments to the client in accordance with the provisions in Part II of the DRCA or Chapter 4 of the MRCA.
When a client commences a work trial during the first 45 weeks of incapacity, payments are made on the basis of 100% of normal weekly earnings (NWE) under DRCA, or normal earnings (NE) under MRCA. If the client commences a work trial after the first 45 weeks the weekly payment is based on a percentage of their NWE according to the percentage of normal weekly hours (NWH) worked. Further information about incapacity payments can be found in chapter 6 of the MRCA Policy Manual.
R&C ISH will create a task for the incapacity team when a work trial is approved and when a work trial diary is received.