If you had a second job when you got hurt and you are eligible for income benefits of any kind, you can request that the insurance company factor in the wage rate from your second job to your benefits.
This applies even if you never lose time from that second job-- because your second job will increase the rate at which (for example) impairment income benefits are paid.
In order to get the insurance to pay those benefits, you must collect specific wage information on a form (DWC-3ME) that must be certified by someone who works for that employer. If you had a second job working perhaps as a contractor, the insurance still may have to add those wages to your benefits, but you are likely to face a battle from them, since they may assume your request is fraudulent unless presented with solid proof.
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