loss of earnings
Wages no more
Loss of earnings is income someone would have received but didn't, typically due to injury, illness, or wrongful termination.
The term appears most often in legal and insurance contexts, where compensation is calculated based on what the person would have earned: The jury awarded $200,000 for loss of earnings.
Distinguished from loss of earning capacity, which concerns diminished future potential rather than actual lost wages.
- insurance claimsDemands for policy compensation
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- furloughGranted absence from work
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- illnessState of poor health
emergency funds · savings plans · rainy day fund · stress · workplace discrimination · economic downturn · severance pay · disability benefits · legal settlements · pain and suffering · personal injury · anxiety · redundancy · injury · poverty · financial hardship · depression · notice
loss of earningsearnings growth
Increase in net income
wage increase · salary increase · pay raise · windfall · profit