MEMORANDUM
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TO: |
All Interested Parties |
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FROM: |
Tracey H. Weaver, Executive Secretary |
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DATE: |
November 22, 2010 |
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SUBJECT: |
Maximum Weekly Benefit for 2011 |
The North Carolina Industrial Commission has established the maximum weekly benefit for 2011 pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. §97-29. Effective January 1, 2011, the maximum weekly benefit applicable to all injuries and claims arising on and after January 1, 2011 shall be eight hundred and thirty-six dollars ($836.00).
The maximum weekly benefit was derived by multiplying the average weekly insured wage of seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents ($759.60) for the calendar year 2009, 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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