Injury on duty

You can claim if you are:

permanently employed
a domestic worker in a boarding house or employed in a business set-up
an apprentice or trainee farm worker
a worker paid by a labour agency.

You cannot claim if you are:

a domestic worker employed at a private home
a member of the South African National Defence Force
a member of the South African Police Service
a worker who doesn’t work under the control of an employer, for example, a sub-contractor. Employees who are in the employ of the sub-contractor are covered.
a worker who worked outside South Africa for more than 12 months without entering into an agreement with the Director-General of the Department of Labour
found guilty of willful misconduct unless you are seriously disabled or killed.

Note: If you, as an employee, die from work-related disease or injury, your dependents, can claim from the fund.

Compensation benefits will not be paid if:

you reported the accident to the employer more than 12 months after the accident or death, or after the disease was diagnosed
you are off work for three days or less, when the Fund will only pay medical expenses
the accident resulted from your own negligence or wrongdoing (unless you are seriously disabled or die in the accident, then the Fund will still pay compensation)
you unreasonably refuse or willfully neglect to have medical treatment.

When after hospital release you find that you can not cope by yourself we offer a home-based care program where a caregiver will assist until you are better and can fend for your self contact us and read more about our caregiver program here….

You will need an attorney to represent you and give legal advice click here…, to appoint a medical expert for medical-legal reports to be used in court should your case go that far, you may read more on medical-legal reports here….

Find out more about claiming for occupational injuries or diseases or contact us here…

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