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Articles From Christopher K. Triska

Full-time employee’s overtime to be included in average weekly wage calculation when less than 40 regular hours are worked in a week By Christopher K. Triska Workers’ Compensation Law, December 2008 Based on the finding in Airborne Exp., Inc. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Com’n, we have all grown accustomed to simply ignoring and excluding overtime wages indicated in wage statements when the overtime is not mandatory or a consistent part of an employee’s work week. Airborne Exp., Inc. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Com’n, 865 N.E.2d 979 (1st Dist. 2007).

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