Forest City Erectors v. Industrial Commission

JUSTICE RARICK,

specially concurring:

While I am in agreement with the majority’s resolution of the two issues raised by the employer in the present appeal, I feel compelled to write separately. The language of section 8(d)(1) clearly demonstrates that awards thereunder are to be based on the number of hours constituting "full performance” of claimant’s occupation, and that an individual claimant’s work history is not determinative of what constitutes full performance on a case-by-case basis. With respect to the employer’s argument that claimant’s wages might increase each year, there is no…