PATERSON v STANMORR PTY LTD and Another

2 VR 460·Winneke P, Phillips and Batt JJA
2 VR 460
PATERSON v STANMORR PTY LTD and Another SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA Winneke P, Phillips and Batt JJA 18 September, 23 November 2000 [2000] VSCA 0220 Accident compensationWorkers compensationWeekly paymentsCalculationPre-injury average weekly earningsMeaning of “earnings”Whether non-pecuniary benefits included“Ordinary time rate of pay”Whether fixed by employment contract Accident Compensation Act 1985 (No 10191) ss 5(1), 5A, 5B, 93A, 93B..

Sections 93A and 93B of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 provided that a worker was entitled, while incapacitated for work, to weekly payments calculated on the basis of his or her “pre-injury average weekly earnings”. This was defined in s 5A(1)(a) of the Act to mean:

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