20 CFR § 10.731 - What is the pay rate of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders for compensation purposes?

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title: "20 CFR § 10.731 - What is the pay rate of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders for compensation purposes?"
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "10.731"
section_name: "What is the pay rate of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders for compensation purposes?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT"
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part_name: "CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 8102a, 8103, 8145 and 8149; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218; Pub. L. 117-263."
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# 10.731 What is the pay rate of Peace Corps volunteers and volunteer leaders for compensation purposes?

The pay rate for these claimants is defined as the pay rate in effect on the date following separation, provided that the rate equals or exceeds the pay rate on the date of injury. It is defined in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 8142(a), not 8101(4).