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Are low wage earners adequately covered by workers’ compensation?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

highlighted that using gross pay as the basis for applying the compensation rate results in inequities—uneven results for workers due to tax factors and number of dependents. Yukon Territory is the exception with a 75% of gross compensation rate. of her average Net earnings—about $31 less per week than her average take home pay.