2024 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws | 75 Chart VIII-Fatalities: Income Benefits for Spouses and Children, cont. Percentage of Wages Jurisdiction New Brunswick104 Spouse Plus Children 80 (of net average earnings for first year) Spouse Only 80 (of net average earnings for first year) One Child Only Maximum Per Week Spouse Plus Children ($) 105 Spouse Only ($) 105 Minimum Per Week Spouse Only ($) 105 Amount Limit1 Time Limit Age 657, 105 Spouse Plus Children ($) The amount paid must not exceed the compensation that would have been payable to the worker had that worker survived and been unable to work. Spouse Only ($) The amount paid must not exceed the compensation that would have been payable to the worker had that worker survived and been unable to work. Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories and Nunavut46 85 (of average net earnings)106 85 (of average net earnings106 107 800.33 (maximum gross weekly earnings is 1,307.40)107 A dependent surviving spouse receives a monthly pension for life. The pension is equal to 3.08% of the year's maximum insurable remuneration (YMIR) in the year of the worker's death. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission pays an additional lump-sum payment equal to 30% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death to assist a spouse immediately following the worker's death. A healthy child who is dependent on the worker and younger than 19 years of age receives a monthly pension equal to 0.625% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death. 3,604.96 monthly108 800.33 (maximum gross weekly earnings is 1,307.40)107 2,996.84 monthly108 108 106 Until worker would have reached 65 or maximum of two years wage-loss benefits if fatality occurs after age 63 Lifetime award for spouse7 107 Maximum Burial Allowance ($) 39,711 10,000 Included in the additional lump-sum payment equal to 30% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death.