Reaves v. United Parcel Service

In this workers’ compensation case, the claimant, Henry Reaves, appeals the decision of the judge of compensation claims (JCC) excluding from his average weekly wage (AWW) his concurrent earnings from the United States Postal Service. Because the controlling statutes do not exclude these concurrent earnings, we reverse.

Reaves suffered an injury while working at his part-time job as a loader for United Parcel Service. At the time of the accident, he was also employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a full-time driver. He sought a ruling from the JCC that his Postal Service earnings should be…