Chart VIII-Fatalities: Income Benefits for Spouses and Children, cont. Percentage of Wages Minimum Per Week Amount Limit1 Spouse Plus Children ($) Spouse Only ($) Spouse Only ($) Time Limit 105 105 105 Age 657, 105 Spouse Plus Children Spouse Only New Brunswick104 80 (of net average earnings for first year) 80 (of net average earnings for first year) Newfoundland and Labrador 85 (of average net earnings)106 85 (of average net earnings106 107 1,261.54107 1,261.54107 106 Until worker would have reached 65 or maximum of two years wage loss benefits if fatality occurs after age of 63 A dependent surviving spouse receives a monthly pension for life. The pension is equal to 3.08% of the year's maximum insurable remuneration (YMIR) in the year of the worker's death. Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission pays an additional lump sum payment equal to 30% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death to assist a spouse immediately following worker's death. A healthy child who is dependent on the worker and younger than 19 years of age receives a monthly pension equal to 0.625% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death. 3,423.42 monthly108 2,745.92 monthly108 108 Lifetime award for spouse7 Jurisdiction 72 | 2019 Analysis of Workers' Compensation Laws Northwest Territories and Nunavut47 One Child Only Maximum Per Week Spouse Plus Children ($) Spouse Only ($) Maximum Burial Allowance ($) 38,888.10 107 5,000 Included in the additional lump sum payment equal to 30% of the YMIR in the year of the worker's death.