Legal Opinion
McCarty's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 23, 2005PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
This case concerns the proper calculation of “average weekly wages” under G. L. c. 152, § 1 (1), where a union worker is injured on an entirely union public works project and entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. The reviewing board of the Department of Industrial Accidents (reviewing board) determined that employer payments into health and welfare plans, pension plans, and supplemental unemployment benefits (fringe benefits) must be included in determining the employee’s average weekly wages. Because we conclude that the plain language of the applicable statutes, G. L. c. 152, § 1 (1),…
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