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MWI-2000-L-58427
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Title_of_text
Worker's Compensation Act, 2000 (No. 7 of 2000).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Malawi
Subjects (Classification)
Social security (general standards); Employment accident and occupational disease benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
2000-05-14
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Makes provision for compensation for injuries suffered or diseases contracted by workers in the course of their employment or for death resulting from such injuries or diseases. Also provides for the establishment and administration of a Workers' Compensation Fund. Individual parts deal with eligibility for compensation in case of injury other than the contraction of a scheduled disease (Part II), compensation for injury caused otherwise than by the contraction of a scheduled disease (Part III), calculation and distribution of compensation (Part IV), medical aid (Part V), compensation for injury due to the contraction of scheduled diseases (Part VI), procedures for obtaining compensation (Part VII), establishment of the Board (Part VIII), administration (Part IX), appeals (Part X), and a Workers' Compensation Fund (Part XI).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Workers' Compensation Act
Publisher
Malawi SNDP
Country
Malawi
URL
http://www.sdnp.org.mw/
File
MWI58427.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Separate Copy
Date
2000-05-14
Page range
pp. 1-40