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The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the Industrial Commission's decision upholding the employer's calculation of average weekly wages using Method 5, resulting in a lower compensation rate of $74.43 per week instead of the employee's requested $279.48 per week.
average weekly wages indefinite employment end date results fair and just
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Whether the Industrial Commission's calculation of the plaintiff's average weekly wages pursuant to N.C.G.S. 97-2(5) and its determination concerning whether that calculation produces results that are fair and just to both parties involve an issue of law or an issue of fact.
unemployment benefits; discharge; voluntary departure; misconduct; benefit eligibility.
second opinion evaluation, temporary partial disability, wage records
NCWHA, UDTP, severance payment, non-compete payment
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