The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
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(1) Any regulation or other instrument made or issued under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and having effect before the commenceme…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Repeal of Cap. 236
The Workman’s Compensation Act is repealed.
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving better effect to the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
General penalty
A person convicted of an offence under this Act for which no other penalty is provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
False statements
Any person who in connection with a claim for compensation in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or in any return, notice…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Director
(1) There shall be a Director of Work Injury Benefits who shall be responsible for the management of this Act. (2) The Director of…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Director’s reply
(1) The Director shall within fourteen days after the receipt of an objection in the prescribed form, give a written answer to the…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Objections and appeals against decisions of the Director
(1) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Director on any matter under this Act, may within sixty days of such decision, lodge…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Contributions by employees towards cost of medical aid prohibited
(1) An employer who demands, receives, deducts or recovers from an employee a contribution towards the cost of medical aid supplie…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Fees for medical aid to be prescribed
The fees and charges for medical aid to a employee shall be in accordance with the scale prescribed by the Minister, from time to…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Submission of medical report
(1) A medical practitioner who examines an employee shall within fourteen days after the first examination of the employee injured…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Medical expenses
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an employer shall defray any expenses reasonably incurred by an employee as the res…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Conveyance of injured worker
(1) If an employee is injured in an accident, which necessitates the employee’s conveyance to a hospital medical facility or from…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
First Aid
(1) An employer shall provide and maintain such appliances and services for the rendering of first aid to his employees in case of…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Appointment of medical advisory panels
(1) The Director may, after consultation with the Council and in consultation with the Director of Medical Services, appoint medic…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Amendment of Second Schedule.
The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Council and in consultation with the Director, amend the Second Schedule by notice…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Date of occupational disease
(1) For purposes of this Act, the commencement of an occupational disease is deemed to be the date on which a medical practitioner…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Notice of occupational disease by employee and employer
(1) An employee shall as soon as possible after the commencement of an occupational disease give written notice thereof to the emp…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Calculation of compensation
(1) Compensation for an occupational disease shall be calculated on the basis of the earnings of the employee calculated in accord…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Presumption regarding cause of occupational disease
If an employee who has contracted an occupational disease specified in the Second Schedule was employed in any work mentioned in t…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Compensation in respect of scheduled and unscheduled diseases
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an employee is entitled to compensation in accordance with this Act, if the employee— (…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Manner of calculating earnings
(1) In order to determine compensation, the earnings of an employee are deemed to be the monthly rate at which the employee was be…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Payment of compensation
(1) Compensation payable in accordance with the provisions of this Act may, for reasons deemed by the Director to be sufficient, b…
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The Work Injury Benefits Act CAP 236▤
Amendment of Third Schedule
The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Director, and after consultation with the Board, amend the Third Schedule by notice…
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