{"id":864,"date":"2021-10-27T10:11:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/?p=864"},"modified":"2021-10-27T10:12:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T14:12:07","slug":"are-earnings-from-concurrent-employment-included-when-calculating-a-claimants-average-weekly-wage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/are-earnings-from-concurrent-employment-included-when-calculating-a-claimants-average-weekly-wage\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Earnings from Concurrent Employment Included When Calculating a Claimant&#8217;s Average Weekly Wage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When computing the claimant\u2019s Average Weekly Wage, \u201cAWW\u201d one must include \u201cconcurrent employment\u201d if applicable.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leg.state.fl.us\/Statutes\/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&amp;URL=0400-0499\/0440\/Sections\/0440.02.html\">Fla. Stat. \u00a7 440.02(27).\u00a0<\/a> \u201cConcurrent\u201d is a term left undefined by Florida Workers&#8217; Compensation Law, but case law suggests it means a \u201csecond job\u201d or \u201cmoonlighting\u201d that is expected to continue<a href=\"https:\/\/www.casemine.com\/judgement\/us\/591480a7add7b04934476c5b\">.\u00a0 <em>Cato Corp. v. Stuart<\/em>, 711 So. 2d 1375 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998).\u00a0<\/a> \u201cEmployment\u201d is statutorily defined to mean \u201cany service performed by an employee for the person employing him or her\u201d but statutorily excludes work in four areas:<\/p>\n<p>(1) domestic servants in private homes,<\/p>\n<p>(2) most seasonal farming involving five or fewer regular employees,<\/p>\n<p>(3) professional athletes, and<\/p>\n<p>(4) community service imposed by a criminal sentence.<\/p>\n<p>See Fla. Stat. \u00a7 440.02(16)(a)-(c) (2015).<\/p>\n<p>For purposes of concurrent earnings, the phrase \u201cany service performed\u201d in the definition of \u201cemployment\u201d in section 440.02(15)(a) \u201cis extremely broad<a href=\"https:\/\/caselaw.findlaw.com\/fl-district-court-of-appeal\/1404196.html\">.\u201d\u00a0 <em>Reaves v. United Parcel Service<\/em>, 792 So. 2d 688, 689\u2013691 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001<\/a>).\u00a0 In addition to the four exceptions, also excluded is any area of work for which coverage under the Florida Workers Compensation Law does not apply \u2013 such as an independent contractor.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/anna-maria-fire-control-v-angell\/\"><em>Anna Maria Fire Control Dist. v. Angell<\/em>, 528 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988).<\/a>\u00a0 As such, wages earned in such excluded areas of work cannot be included in the AWW as \u201cconcurrent employment.\u201d\u00a0See <a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/jay-livestock-market-v-hill\"><em>Jay Livestock Market v. Hill<\/em>, 247 So. 2d 291 (Fla. 1971).<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joannhoffman.com\/blog\/are-earnings-from-concurrent-employment-included-when-calculating-a-claimants-average-weekly-wage\/#more-864\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When computing the claimant\u2019s Average Weekly Wage, \u201cAWW\u201d one must include \u201cconcurrent employment\u201d if applicable.\u00a0 Fla. Stat. \u00a7 440.02(27).\u00a0 \u201cConcurrent\u201d is a term left undefined by Florida Workers&#8217; Compensation Law, but case law suggests it means a \u201csecond job\u201d or \u201cmoonlighting\u201d that is expected to continue.\u00a0 Cato Corp. v. Stuart, 711 So. 2d 1375 (Fla. 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