During the first 26 weeks of incapacity, the weekly benefit paid will be:
- Current Weekly Wage Rate (CWWR); or
- The maximum weekly compensation amount, whichever is the lesser
During the first 26 weeks of incapacity, Police Officers are entitled to weekly benefits equal to 100% of their pre-injury salary (excluding overtime, shift work, payments for special expenses and penalty rates). This is known as the Current Weekly Wage Rate (CWWR).
The first 26 weeks do not need to be consecutive. Any period where you have no capacity for work counts towards the first 26 weeks of incapacity.
For example, a Police Officer had no work capacity for 12 weeks. The Officer then returned to work on a Recover @ Work Plan for 8 weeks before being downgraded to no capacity for work. In this scenario, the Police Officer is still eligible for a further 14 weeks of payments at the CWWR (full pay) before entitlements of the first 26 weeks of incapacity are exhausted.