| Michael F. Easley, Governor Buck Lattimore, Chairman
Tracey
H. Weaver |
|
Bernadine S. Ballance,
Commissioner Laura K. Mavretic, Commissioner Danny L. McDonald, Commissioner Christopher Scott, Commissioner Dianne C. Sellers, Commissioner Pamela T. Young, Commissioner |
North Carolina
Industrial Commission
MEMORANDUM
| TO: | All Interested Parties |
| FROM: | Tracey H. Weaver, Executive Secretary |
| DATE: | August 9, 2007 |
| RE: | Maximum Weekly Benefit for 2008 |
The North Carolina Industrial Commission has established the maximum weekly benefit for 2008 pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §97-29. Effective January 1, 2008, the maximum weekly benefit applicable to all injuries and claims arising on and after January 1, 2008 shall be seven hundred and eighty-six dollars ($786.00).
The maximum weekly benefit was derived by multiplying the average weekly insured wage of seven hundred and fifteen dollars and nine cents ($715.09) for the calendar year 2006, as determined by the Employment Security Commission in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. §96-8(22), by 1.10 and rounding the figure to its nearest multiple of two dollars ($2.00).
The minimum weekly benefit is thirty dollars ($30.00) as set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. §97-29.
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