WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 25 Overtime—hours and wages

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 25

    (1)     This section applies to a component of the worker's earnings or hours attributable to overtime.

    (2)     The overtime is to be taken into account in working out average pre-incapacity weekly earnings or average pre-incapacity weekly hours only if—

        (a)     the worker worked overtime in accordance with a regular and established pattern; and

        (b)     the pattern was substantially uniform as to the number of hours of overtime worked; and

        (c)     the worker would have continued to work overtime in accordance with the established pattern if the worker had not been injured.