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20 CFR 702.811: What weekly minimum rates apply to death benefits?

Where this section sits in the code

Title 20—Employees' Benefits
CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
SUBCHAPTER A—LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES
PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE
Subpart H—Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates

(a) The average weekly wage used to compute death benefits is the greater of—

(1) The deceased employee's average weekly wages; or

(2) The national average weekly wage in effect at the time of the employee's death.

(b) The weekly minimum rate does not apply to death benefits.

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