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The greatest <strong>of</strong> these pay rates will be used to compute compensation.<br />

(6) A recurrent pay rate may be lower than the pay rate in effect on the date <strong>of</strong> injury or<br />

date disability began. This can happen when the claimant is originally injured in full-time<br />

employment, and the recurrence occurs when the claimant is working part time or has been<br />

rated for loss <strong>of</strong> wage-earning capacity. Even if the hourly rate is the same, the recurrent<br />

pay rate should be considered the actual weekly amount the claimant earned. In such<br />

cases, the pay rate on date <strong>of</strong> injury or date disability began would be used because it was<br />

the higher <strong>of</strong> the two.<br />

(7) Due to application <strong>of</strong> cost-<strong>of</strong>-living increases, compensation based on the date <strong>of</strong><br />

injury pay rate may exceed the amount payable using the recurrent pay rate. However, if<br />

the recurrent pay rate was higher than the date <strong>of</strong> injury pay rate, the recurrent pay rate<br />

should be used even if a lower payment <strong>of</strong> compensation will result. (See Ralph W. Moody,<br />

42 ECAB 364)<br />

(8) Payment <strong>of</strong> a schedule award does not entitle the claimant to a recurrent pay rate.<br />

The pay rate for compensation purposes is the<br />

greatest <strong>of</strong> the pay rates set forth in paragraph 5.a.(1) above (not the pay rate in effect on<br />

the date <strong>of</strong> maximum medical improvement). In cases <strong>of</strong> a schedule award where there is<br />

no prior injury-related disability for work, there is no eligibility for any cost-<strong>of</strong>-living increase<br />

that became effective prior to the beginning <strong>of</strong> the schedule award, which is the date <strong>of</strong><br />

entitlement to compensation. Only those cost-<strong>of</strong>-living increases falling due more than one<br />

year after the beginning <strong>of</strong> the schedule award should be paid. Entitlement to<br />

compensation does not occur until the date <strong>of</strong> maximum medical improvement (DMI). See<br />

Exhibit 1.<br />

b. Death Cases. The pay rate in death cases is determined by the date <strong>of</strong> injury unless a<br />

different pay rate has been reached in a disability claim due to delayed or recurrent disability<br />

leading to the death, or because the decedent was a minor or learner whose pay rate was<br />

redetermined according to Section 5 U.S.C. 8113(a). (See paragraph 12.a. below.)<br />

2-0900-6 Elements Excluded from Pay Rate<br />

6. Elements Excluded from Pay Rate. This paragraph lists the increments <strong>of</strong> pay which may not be<br />

included in the pay rate, as determined either by statute or administrative decision.<br />

a. Statutory Exclusions. Section 5 U.S.C. 8114(e) excludes the following elements from an<br />

employee's pay rate:<br />

(1) Overtime pay. The extra pay required by the Fair Labor Standards Act for hours<br />

worked in excess <strong>of</strong> the standard prescribed under that Act is not to be included in<br />

computing pay for the purposes <strong>of</strong> continuation <strong>of</strong> pay or compensation. Such extra pay is<br />

earned only if the actual hours are worked and is considered to be overtime pay for the<br />

purposes <strong>of</strong> Section 5 U.S.C. 8114(e).<br />

(2) Additional pay or allowance authorized outside the United States and its possessions<br />

because <strong>of</strong> differential in cost <strong>of</strong> living or other special circumstances. The separate<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 469

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