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Procedures To Claim Against Workman’s Compensation
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Procedures To Claim Against Workman’s Compensation
The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, Act 130 of 1993 (COIDA), is the governing Act that deals with occupational injuries and diseases.
The aim of the COIDA is to provide for compensation in the case of disablement caused by occupational injuries or diseases, sustained or contracted by employees in the course of their employment, or death resulting from such injuries or disease; and to provide for matters connected therewith. The COIDA prevents employees covered by the Act from suing their employers for damages in terms of common law.
Anyone who employs one or more workers must register with the Compensation Fund and pay annual assessment fees. Claims for employees employed in the mining and building industries must be referred to the relevant mutual associations.
Claims by employees working for individually liable employers (the state, parliament, the provincial authorities and local authorities which have been exempted from making payments to the compensation fund) must be referred to the employer. The following steps should be followed when reporting to and claiming from the Compensation Fund.
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