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2-0901-8 Basic Computations<br />

8. Basic Computations. This paragraph discusses how to compute various kinds <strong>of</strong> payments.<br />

Compensation for disability is almost always computed on a weekly basis, though payments are<br />

sometimes made on a daily basis. Compensation in death cases is computed on a monthly basis.<br />

a. Daily Basis. Using the daily pay rate, compensation is paid for the regularly scheduled work<br />

days on which the employee was disabled due to the injury. The CE will need to determine the<br />

employee's basic workweek and regular days <strong>of</strong>f as outlined in <strong>FECA</strong> PM 2-0900.9 to pay<br />

compensation on this basis.<br />

b. Weekly Basis. Most temporary total disability cases, and all cases where the injury causes<br />

permanent total or partial disability and temporary partial disability, are paid on a weekly basis.<br />

(1) Compensation for a full workweek is computed according to the following formula<br />

when the period <strong>of</strong> compensable disability, i.e., the number <strong>of</strong> calendar days, is divisible by<br />

seven, or when a schedule award is paid:<br />

Weekly pay rate x compensation rate = amount rounded to the nearest $.01 x no. calendar<br />

days/7<br />

(2) Compensation for less than a full workweek is paid for the regularly scheduled<br />

workdays on which the employee was disabled due to the injury, rather than the calendar<br />

week. (See Cecil W. Wood, 22 ECAB 257.)<br />

(a) Compensation should be paid on the basis that the employee's regular days<br />

<strong>of</strong>f are Saturday and Sunday unless the file shows otherwise. In the latter case, the<br />

CE will need to determine the employee's regularly scheduled workweek.<br />

(b) For any period less than a full workweek, or any individual workdays not<br />

comprising a full workweek, the formula for computing compensation is:<br />

Weekly pay rate x compensation rate =amount rounded to the nearest $.01 x no.<br />

workdays lost/no. workdays in workweek<br />

(c) When compensation ends, any indication that the workweek has changed<br />

from the one previously reported should prompt a determination <strong>of</strong> the new<br />

workweek. Compensation should be paid only for the regularly scheduled workdays<br />

during the week in which the employee returned to work.<br />

(3) Either formula may be used in continuing payments <strong>of</strong> compensation for full<br />

scheduled workweeks in that five-fifths, six-sixths, and seven-sevenths all make a whole.<br />

For example: An employee has a basic workweek <strong>of</strong> Friday through Tuesday, with<br />

Wednesday and Thursday <strong>of</strong>f, and pay loss starts on Saturday. Compensation will be<br />

computed according to the formula outlined in subparagraph (2) just above for pay loss<br />

from Saturday through Thursday. Compensation for the week in which the employee<br />

returns to work should also be computed using the formula outlined in subparagraph (2).<br />

<strong>FECA</strong>-<strong>PT2</strong> Printed: 06/08/2010 492

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