FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1991
(C)
DISABILITY GRANT
- TO MEET ADDITIONAL
OUTGOINGS INCURRED BY THE VICTIM (MEDICAL AND OTHER EXPENSES, FOR EXAMPLE COST OF HIRING A PERSON TO TALE CARE OF THE DISABLED).
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UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $61,030, ABATED TO TWO-THIRDS FOR VICTIMS AGED 60 AND OVER, DISCOUNTED ON ACCOUNT OF DEGREE OF DISABILITY AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.
(MAXIMUM IS SET AT 120 PER CENT OF THE DEATH GRANT PAYABLE TO THE FIRST DEPENDANT FAMILY MEMBER UNDER (D) (I) BELOW.)
(D)
(E)
DEATH GRANT
(1) LOSS OF THE SOLE
WAGE-EARNER WHERE THERE ARE DEPENDANTS:
TO RELIEVE THE IMMEDIATE HARDSHIP CAUSED BY LOSS OF WAGE.
(II) LOSS OF A WAGE-
EARNER WHERE THERE ARE DEPENDANTS AND ANOTHER WAGE-EARNER REMAINING IN THE FAMILY:
TO RELIEVE THE IMMEDIATE HARDSHIP CAUSED BY LOSS OF WAGE.
(III) LOSS OF A PARENT WHO
WAS NOT A WAGE-EARNER WHERE THERE ARE
CHILDREN UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE:
TO MEET ADDITIONAL OUTGOINGS (FOR EXAMPLE HIRING A CHILD-MINDER OR HOME-HELPER).
BURIAL GRANT
TO MEET BURIAL EXPENSES AT A REASONABLE LEVEL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DECEASED WAS A WAGE- EARNER.
$50,860 FOR ONE DEPENDANT FAMILY MEMBER PLUS $4,240 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DEPENDANT FAMILY MEMBER UP TO A MAXIMUM OF
$72,060 (BASED ON THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE, PLUS FRINGE BENEFITS, FOR A MANUFACTURING WORKER; THE GRANT FOR THE FIRST FAMILY MEMBER IS 12 TIMES THE MONTHLY WAGE WHILE THAT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MEMBER IS ONE MONTH'S WAGE.)
$25,430 FOR ONE DEPENDANT FAMILY MEMBER PLUS $4,240 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL DEPENDANT FAMILY MEMBER UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $46,630 (ON THE SAME BASIS AS FOR (I) ABOVE; THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE GRANT FOR THE FIRST FAMILY MEMBER IS 50 PER CENT OF THAT PAYABLE AT (I) ABOVE).
$25,430 FOR ONE CHILD UNDER 15 PLUS $4,240 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL CHILD UNDER 15, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $46,630 (ON THE SAME BASIS AS FOR (II) ABOVE).
$6,000 PER PERSON (BASED ON THE BURIAL EXPENSES PORTION OF THE CEILING UNDER THE EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCE).
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