Department of Labor (DOL) Commissioner Albert Bryan, Jr., has announced that the maximum amount of weekly unemployment money Virgin Islands employees will be eligible to receive in the year beginning January 4, 2015 is $477, based on the department’s own calculations.<\/p>\n
According to Bryan, citing\u00a0Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Act,\u00a0Title 24, Chapter 12, Section 303(c), the\u00a0Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (MWBA)\u00a0shall be an amount equal to 65 percent of the established average weekly wage in insured work rounded to the next lower dollar. The established average weekly wage based on employment and wage statistics is $733.44, 65 percent of which is $477 per week.<\/p>\n
Bryan also announced the taxable wage base as $22,900.00, which is 60 percent $38,139.02 — \u00a0the\u00a0established average annual wage, statistics gathered by DOL reveal. According to Title 24, Chapter 12, Section 308(c) of the Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Act, the Taxable Wage Base is 60 percent of the average annual wage in insured work rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Bryan revealed that the\u00a0Worker\u2019s Compensation maximum benefit amount for Disability Income Benefits has increased from $480.00 per week or $96.00 per day, to $489.00 per week or $97.80 per day. The adjusted figures will affect all injuries that occur on or about January 1, 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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