| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
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Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
retirement allowances |
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Summary:
Severance award by Firestone upon separation at age 65 or prior if incapacitated. Claimant medically discharged. Not paid under a WLI or pension plan. Lump sum. No contributions. Commission says it is severance pay. Held to be earnings.
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Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
wage-loss indemnity |
group plan |
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Summary:
If it is a group disability wage-loss indemnity, although the payment is not to be taken into account when determining whether claimant has had an interruption of earnings under reg. 37(2), it is nevertheless earnings under reg. 57(2)(c), to be subtracted from benefits payable.
| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| earnings |
wage-loss indemnity |
vs disability pension |
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Summary:
Severance award by Firestone upon separation at age 65 or prior if incapacitated. Received $5582 upon medical discharge. No evidence that payment made under a wage-loss or pension plan of any kind. Lump sum. No contributions made. Reg. 57(2.2) does not apply. [p. 9]
