Supreme Court Orders Oral Argument on Calculation of Worker's AWW

The Rhode Island Supreme Court last week said it wants to hear oral argument from the parties in a pending dispute on whether an injured worker’s average weekly wage should include income from his employer’s work-sharing plan. The Workers' Compensation Court found work-sharing benefits were "tantamount to unemployment compensation benefits" and that they could not be included in the calculation of Mark Powers’ AWW. Powers appealed the decision, and the Rhode Island Supreme Court granted review in September 2016. The court then invited the parties to pres...