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Payments made to participants in New York’s work experience program (WEP) are “wages” for purposes of the state’s workers’ compensation law [see N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 2(9)], and should be utilized in computing the level of benefits owed to an injured worker, held a state appellate court. Accordingly, where a WEP participant sustained a 7.5 percent loss of use injury while working for a county project, it was appropriate to base her level of benefits on the “income” she received from the WEP.
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See Matter of Covert v Niagara County, 2019 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3888 (3d Dept., May 16, 2019)
See generally Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 93.01
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