Wages From Non-Concurrent Employment Properly Excluded From Benefit Calculation

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court upheld the State Fund’s calculation of a worker’s wages as excluding her income pursuant to her contractual employment with a school district. Case: Fite v. Montana State Fund, No. 2021-5416, 01/12/2022, published. Facts: In 2019 and 2020, Roberta Fite worked for Handley Transportation Inc. as a school bus driver during the school year and as a groundskeeper during the summer break. During the 2019-2020 school year, Fite also worked as a contract employee for the Clinton Elementary School District as a paraprofessional/aide. Fi...