Appeal of MacDonald

The petitioner, Perry MacDonald, appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Compensation Appeals Board (board) that per diem payments he received during his employment with respondent, Nelson Communication Services, Inc. (NCS), are not included in calculating his average weekly wages under RSA 281-A:15,1 (Supp. 2004). Liberty Mutual Insurance, Inc. (Liberty Mutual), workers’ compensation insurance carrier for NCS, is the second respondent. We affirm.

The record supports the following facts. MacDonald was a site supervisor for NCS, a company that erected telecommunications antennas throughout New…