PURPOSE: Section 287.220.13, RSMo, requires the division to promulgate a rule setting forth a reasonable standard means test to determine if an employee’s employment warrants the suspension of life payment benefits. This rule sets forth the reasonable standard means test. (1) For purposes of section 287.220.13, RSMo, employment that warrants a suspension of benefits is employment that provides an employee with weekly wages that, on average, equal or exceed one hundred five percent (105%) of the current state average weekly wage for a period greater than six (6) consecutive months.

AUTHORITY: sections 287.220.13 and 287.650, RSMo Supp. 2013.* Original rule filed June 24, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016.

*Original authority: 287.220, RSMo 1939, amended 1943, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2013 and 287.650, RSMo 1939, amended 1949, 1961, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2012.