WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

CHAPTER 55:03
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Meaning of “worker”

    3.    Interpretation

PART II
ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSATION IN CASE OF INJURY OTHER THAN THE CONTRACTION OF A SCHEDULED DISEASE

    4.    Employer’s liability for compensation for death or incapacity due to injury other than the contraction of a scheduled disease

    5.    Compensation, how paid and by whom

    6.    Workers engaged on business outside Malawi, etc.

PART III
COMPENSATION FOR INJURY CAUSED OTHERWISE THAN BY THE CONTRACTION OF A SCHEDULED DISEASE

    7.    Compensation in fatal cases

    8.    Compensation in the case of permanent total incapacity

    9.    Compensation in the case of permanent partial incapacity

    10.    Minister may prescribe maximum amounts of compensation payable under this Act

PART IV
CALCULATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMPENSATION

    11.    Method of calculating earnings

    12.    Persons entitled to compensation

    13.    Distribution of compensation

PART V
MEDICAL AID

    14.    Medical expenses

    15.    Decisions of the Board in regard to medical aid

PART VI
COMPENSATION FOR INJURY DUE TO THE CONTRACTION OF SCHEDULED DISEASES

    16.    Compensation where incapacity or death due to a scheduled disease

    17.    Employer’s liability to pay compensation in case of incapacity or death due to scheduled disease

    18.    Special provisions relating to incapacity or death due to scheduled diseases

    19.    Presumption as to cause of a scheduled disease

    20.    Right of worker to proceed against previous employer

    21.    Minister to amend Second Schedule

    22.    Pre-engagement clinical test for scheduled diseases

PART VII
PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING COMPENSATION

    23.    Requirements as to notice of injury and application for compensation

    24.    Employers to report injuries

    25.    Medical examination and treatment

    26.    Dependants of deceased worker

PART VIII
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD

    27.    Establishment and composition of the Board

    28.    Tenure of office of the members of the Board and vacancies thereon

    29.    Remuneration of members of the Board

    30.    Secretary

    31.    Meeting of the Board

    32.    Committees of the Board

    33.    Functions of the Board

    34.    Regulations

PART IX
ADMINISTRATION

    35.    Appointment of the Commissioner and other staff

    36.    Duties and functions of the Commissioner

    37.    Powers of inspection and investigation

    38.    Secrecy

    39.    Revision of compensation by the Commissioner

    40.    Powers of the Commissioner in respect of witness, etc.

    41.    Objections by workers or employers against decisions of the Commissioner

    42.    Objections on behalf of dependants in case of death of a worker

    43.    Formal inquiry by the Commissioner

    44.    Appeal against a decision of the Commissioner made under section 36

    45.    Suspension of obligation

    46.    Commissioner may state a case for High Court

    47.    Commissioner may submit tribunals decision to the High Court

    48.    Assessors

    49.    Applications for the Commissioner’s determination by interested parties

    50.    Enforcement of determinations of the Commissioner

    51.    Appeals to the High Court

PART X
APPEAL

    52.    Establishment of the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal

    53.    Proceedings of the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal

    54.    Appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal

    55.    Powers of the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal

    56.    Appeals from the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal

PART XI
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND

    57.    Establishment of the Workers’ Compensation Fund

    58.    Application of the Fund

    59.    Holding of assets of the Fund

    60.    Accounts and audit

    61.    Liability to assessment

PART XII
GENERAL

    62.    Remedies against both employer and stranger

    63.    Proceedings independently of this Act

    64.    Provisions in case of bankruptcy of employer

    65.    Contracting out

    66.    Compensation not to be assigned, charged or attached

    67.    General penalty

    68.    Offences relating to records and returns

    69.    Other laws

    70.    Transitional

        First Schedule

        Second Schedule

    

CHAPTER 55:03
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

7 of 2000
G.N. 20/2011

An Act to provide 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; to provide for the establishment and administration of a Workers’ Compensation Fund; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Workers’ Compensation Act.

2.    Meaning of “worker”

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “worker” means any person who has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, entered into, or works under, a contract of service or apprenticeship with an employer in any employment, whether the contract is expressed orally or in writing or is implied:

    Provided that the following persons shall be excepted from the definition of “worker”—

    (a)    a…