3.1.4.8 Deemed full-time worker
Determine PIAWE for part-time or casual workers if usually full-time Full-time worker means a worker who is employed for at least the normal number of hours fixed in any industrial award applicable to the worker or if there is no applicable award the prescribed number of hours as follows.
PIAWE is based on the average of the worker’s ordinary earnings while employed during the 78 weeks before the injury if a worker was:
- not a full-time worker immediately before the injury
- at the time of the injury was looking for full-time employment and
- had been predominantly full-time for the 78 weeks before the injury.
A worker in full-time employment for 60% of the previous 78 weeks can be taken as predominantly a full-time worker.
3.1.4.9 Miscellaneous employees
Earnings received for appointments under the Crown or any department are included in the calculation of PIAWE.
Secretaries of cooperative societies might include earnings from other employers to calculate their PIAWE.
See: Employees of the Crown or administrative units | Secretaries of cooperative societies
3.1.4.10 Share farmers
There are no special provisions under the workers compensation legislation for share farmers to deduct expenses to calculate PIAWE.
See: PIAWE
If a share farmer continues to receive the agreed share of the farm income post injury despite being totally incapacitated, that income is regarded as current weekly earnings.