25 An employee is seriously injured in a job-related accident. The employee has only been on the job 15 months before the accident occurred. Based on this information:     A.       It will not be possible to include any wage growth rate into the damage calculations because the employee was not on the job long enough to develop a wage growth rate record.     B.       The financial expert can use an appropriate wage growth rate amount that can be found in statistics provided by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.     C.      The discount rate the expert uses to discount the annual damage amounts will automatically adjust for wage growth rates.

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An employee is seriously injured in a job-related accident. The employee has only been on the job 15 months before the accident occurred. Based on this information:

 

  A.

      It will not be possible to include any wage growth rate into the damage calculations because the employee was not on the job long enough to develop a wage growth rate record.

 

  B.

      The financial expert can use an appropriate wage growth rate amount that can be found in statistics provided by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

 

  C.

     The discount rate the expert uses to discount the annual damage amounts will automatically adjust for wage growth rates.

 

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