The Bill will also provide a mechanism to protect workers’ compensation recipients against any reductions in their indexed compensation payments. Workers’ compensation payments or ‘prescribed amounts’ are indexed annually. The indexation process involves calculations of the movement of national indices like average weekly earnings, the wage price index and the consumer price index. Here, Section 5(4)(5) of the Bill confirms that “for a particular period, variation under the regulations of an adjustable amount would reduce the amount, the amount is not to be varied for the period”. This means that if the annual indexation of the prescribed amounts was to result in a reduction of the amount then the indexation will be ignored.