Miles v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board

DOYLE, Judge.

Helen Miles (Claimant) appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Board), affirming an order of a Workers’ Compensation Judge (WCJ) which had granted Claimant’s claim petition. The sole issue before the Court is whether a “retroactive” payment, which represented both pre- and post-injury wages, was properly excluded from the calculation of Claimant’s average weekly wage.

Claimant was employed with the School District of Philadelphia (Employer) as a non-teaching assistant at the Benjamin Franklin School in Philadelphia. As part of her duties, Claimant was…