Employment Injury refers to a situation in which an employee is rendered incapable of work or suffers loss of faculty arising from an injury or prescribed occupational disease occurring during the course of and, or, as a result of circumstances related to employment.
N.B.
THERE IS NO CONTRIBUTION CONDITION FOR EMPLOYMENT INJURY BENEFIT. IT MAY BE PAYABLE FROM THE FIRST DAY THAT THE PERSON REPORTED FOR WORK.
SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS CANNOT AVAIL THEMSELVES OF EMPLOYMENT INJURY BENEFITS BUT CAN CLAIM SICKNESS BENEFIT WHERE IT IS CLAIMED THAT THEIR INABILITY TO WORK RESULTED FROM INJURY ON THE JOB.
The Benefits provided under the Employment Injury include:
- Employment Injury
- Disablement
- Death Benefit
- Medical Expenses