Employers' Mutual Insurance v. Industrial Commission

By section 47 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, (C. L. 1921, § 4421), “The average weekly wage of the injured employe shall be taken as the basis upon which to compute benefits.” “Wages” is defined to be “the money rate at which the services rendered are recompensed under the contract of hire in force at the time of the accident.”

The average weekly wage is to be ascertained and determined as follows: Clause (b) : The total amount earned by the injured or killed employe in the six months preceding the accident shall be computed, which sum shall be divided by twenty-six and the result thus…