The following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Employer Initiation of Benefits - Money paid by an employer
to the employee to compensate the employee for lost wages or paid by the employer
for medical expenses during a period in which the carrier has either:
(A) contested compensability of the injury;
(B) contested liability for the injury; or
(C) has not completed its initial investigation of the injury
which is limited to seven days after the carrier receives first written notice
of the injury as defined in §124.1 of this title (relating to Notice
of Injury).
(2) Nonpecuniary Wages--Wages paid to an employee
in a form other than money. Examples of nonpecuniary wages include but are
not limited to:
(A) Health insurance premiums;
(B) Laundry/cleaning;
(C) Clothing/uniforms;
(D) Lodging/housing/rent;
(E) Payment of professional license fees;
(F) Food/Meals; and
(G) Provision of a vehicle/fuel.
(3) Pecuniary Wages--Wages paid to an employee in
the form of money. Examples of pecuniary wages include, but are not limited
to:
(A) Hourly, weekly, biweekly, monthly (etc.) wages;
(B) Salary;
(C) Piecework compensation;
(D) Any monetary allowance such as for health insurance premiums,
vehicle/fuel, food/meals, clothing/uniforms, laundry/cleaning, or lodging/housing/rent;
(E) Monetary bonuses earned or accrued by the employee; and
(F) Commissions.
(4) Unrecoupable overpayment--The amount of benefits
paid by the carrier to the claimant which were not owed and which were not
recoverable or convertible from other income benefits.
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