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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Other real expenses that are excluded from the “basket of goods” [in Canada, at last] are real estate and life insurance. Assuming just 2% CPI each year, the 1% reduction means that the purchasing power of each $100 awarded in 2002 will have grown after 10 years to $110.46 far short of the $121.90