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A.(1)  The maximum compensation to be paid under this Chapter for injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1975, and on or before August 31, 1976, shall be eighty-five dollars per week and a minimum compensation shall be twenty-five dollars per week; and for injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1976, and on or before August 31, 1977, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be ninety-five dollars per week and the minimum compensation shall be thirty dollars per week.  For injuries occurring on or after September 1, 1977, and before July 1, 1983, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the average weekly wage paid in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law, and the minimum compensation shall be not less than twenty percent of such wage, said maximum and minimum to be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar.

(2)  For injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1983, the maximum weekly compensation to be paid under this Chapter shall be seventy-five percent of the average weekly wage paid in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law, and the minimum compensation for total disability shall be not less than twenty percent of such wage, said maximum and minimum to be computed to the nearest multiple of one dollar.  There shall be no minimum compensation for benefits payable pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 23:1221(3) or (4).  In any case where the employee was receiving wages at a rate less than the applicable minimum compensation, the compensation shall be the employee’s “wages”.  In no event shall monthly Supplemental Earnings Benefits exceed four and three tenths times temporary total disability benefits.

B.  For the purposes of this Chapter, the average weekly wage in all employment subject to the Louisiana Employment Security Law shall be determined by the administrator of the Louisiana Employment Security Law on or before August first of each year as of the quarter ending on the immediately preceding March thirty-first of each year.  The average weekly wage so determined shall be applicable for the full period during which compensation is payable when the date of occurrence of injury falls within the twelve-month period commencing September first following the determination.

Amended by Acts 1956, No. 411, §1; Acts 1968, Ex.Sess., No. 25, §2; Acts 1973, No. 71, §1, Acts 1974, No. 12, §1; Acts 1975, No. 583, §5, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1978, No. 622, §1; Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 454, §5, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997.