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CFR	Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to U.S. Department of Labor

Title 20

Employees' Benefits

Chapter VI

Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor

Part 702

Administration and Procedure

Subpart F

Occupational Disease Which Does Not Immediately Result in Death or Disability

• Section Number: 702.603
• Section Name: Determining the payrate for compensating occupational disease claims which become manifest after retirement.

    (a) If the time of injury occurs within the first year after the 
employee has retired, the payrate for compensation purposes shall be one 
fifty-second part of the employee's average annual earnings during the 
fifty-two week period preceding retirement.
    (b) If the time of injury occurs more than one year after the 
employee has retired the payrate for compensation purposes shall be the 
national average weekly wage, determined according to section 6(b)(3) of 
the Act, 33 U.S.C. 906(b)(3), at the time of injury.