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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 576
BY SENATOR MURRAY
WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Provides relative to determination of average weekly
wage of professional athletes. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1021(12)(c), relative to definition of wages for purposes of2
workers' compensation benefits; to provide for computation of average weekly wage3
for professional athletes entitled to workers' compensation; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 23:1021(12)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง1021. Terms defined8
As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the9
following terms shall be given the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:10
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(12) "Wages" means average weekly wage at the time of the accident. The12
average weekly wage shall be determined as follows:13
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(c) Annual wages.15
(i) If the employee is employed at an annual salary, his annual salary divided16
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(ii) If the employee is a professional athlete who signs a contract of hire1
on an annual basis, average weekly wage shall be determined by the annual2
contract agreement in force at the time of the injury, dividing that annual salary3
by fifty-two. This shall be the computation without regard as to when the4
professional athlete was injured, whether during the season or preseason5
off-season training sessions.6
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
Present law provides for calculation of average weekly wage for purposes of determining
workers' compensation benefits.
Proposed law provides for the calculation of average weekly wage for such purposes of a
professional athlete who has signed a contract for hire with the annual contractual salary
stipulated in the current contract being divided by 52 to determine average weekly wage.
Proposed law provides such average weekly wage amount shall be paid whether the
work-related injury occurred during the season or in the preseason off-season training
sessions.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 23:1021(12)(c))