City of North Las Vegas v. Warburton

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, J.:

In this appeal, we must determine, for the purpose of awarding workers’ compensation benefits, the proper calculation of the average monthly wage of an injured employee who claims to have changed jobs as of the day of the employee’s industrial accident. NAC 616C.444 bases the calculation of the average monthly wage for such an employee on payroll information regarding the employee’s primary job at the time of the accident. Although the administrative appeals officer in this case failed to make any specific findings regarding respondent Mallory Warburton’s…