Section 418.360 - Professional athlete; weekly benefits; condition; benefits under other provisions.

WORKER'S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT OF 1969 (EXCERPT)
Act 317 of 1969

418.360 Professional athlete; weekly benefits; condition; benefits under other provisions.

Sec. 360.

(1) A person who suffers an injury arising out of and in the course of employment as a professional athlete shall be entitled to weekly benefits only when the person's average weekly wages in all employments at the time of application for benefits, and thereafter, as computed in accordance with section 371, are less than 200% of the state average weekly wage.

(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit an otherwise eligible person from receiving benefits under section 315, 319, or 361.


History: Add. 1978, Act 373, Imd. Eff. July 27, 1978
Popular Name: Act 317
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