Question juridique clé
Whether a 20% flat expense deduction had to be deducted from the gross wage when calculating insured earnings for accident daily benefits.
Solution extraite
Yes. The court held that the school’s 20% flat reimbursement of expenses was not part of the decisive wage and could be deducted for insured-earnings purposes.
Motifs extraits
Expense reimbursements are excluded from massgebender Lohn. The claimant actually bore work-related costs, no higher actual expenses were alleged, and the flat 20% deduction was consistent with the insurer’s practice and the applicable wage-guideline approach.