Article 142 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries in UAE labour Law Medical insurance
Article 142 Compensation For Occupational Injuries in UAE
labour Law Medical insurance. Where a worker sustains any of the work-related
injuries and occupational diseases listed in Schedules 1 and 2 attached to this
Law, the employer or his representative shall report the matter immediately to
the police and to the labour department or its local office within whose
jurisdiction the place of business is located. The report shall include the
worker's name, age, occupation, address, and nationality, and a brief account
of the accident, its circumstances and the medical aid or treatment provided.
On receipt of the report, the police shall carry out the necessary
investigation and compile a report containing statements of the witnesses, of
the employer or his representative, and of the injured (if his condition so
permits), and shall particularly indicate whether the accident was
work-related, deliberate, or the result of gross misconduct of the worker.
Article 143 UAE labour Law Compensation
For Occupational Injuries procedure
Article 143 UAE labour Law Compensation For Occupational
Injuries procedure. On completion of the investigation, the police shall send
one copy of the report to the labour department and one to the employer. The
labour department may request a supplementary inquiry or may itself conduct
one, if it finds it necessary to do so.
Article 144 UAE labour Law Compensation
For Occupational Injuries Medical insurance Includes
Article 144 UAE labour Law Compensation For Occupational
Injuries Medical insurance Includes. Where a worker sustains a work-related
injury or contracts an occupational disease, the employer shall pay for the
cost of his treatment in a government or private local medical center until he
recovers or is proven disabled. Treatment shall include costs of residence in a
hospital or sanatorium, surgical operations, x-ray and medical diagnosis, the
purchase of medicines and rehabilitation equipment, and the supply of
artificial limbs and other prosthetic appliances for any person who is declared
disabled. In addition to the foregoing, the employer shall pay the cost of any
transport required in connection with the worker’s treatment.
Article 145 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries and Refund
Article 145 Compensation For Occupational Injuries and Refund.
Where an injury prevents a worker from carrying out his work, the employer
shall pay him a cash allowance equal to his full pay throughout the period of
treatment or for a period of six months, whichever is shorter. Where the
treatment lasts for more than six months, the allowance shall be reduced by
one-half for a further period of six months or until the worker fully recovers,
is declared disabled, or dies, whichever occurs first.
Article 146 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries and Refund Calculation
Article 146 Compensation For Occupational Injuries and Refund
Calculation. The cash allowance referred to in the preceding Article shall be
calculated on the basis of the last wage received (for monthly, weekly, daily
or hourly paid workers), and on the basis of the average daily wage referred to
in Article 57(for those paid on piecemeal basis).
Article 147 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries –Compensation for disability
Article 147 Compensation For Occupational Injuries –Compensation
for disability. On finalization of treatment, the attending physician shall
compile a report in two copies- one to be delivered to the worker and the other
to the employer- in which he shall specify the nature and cause of the injury,
the date of its occurrence, the extent to which it is work-related, the period
of treatment, whether it resulted in permanent or other disability, the degree
of disability (if any), whether it is total or partial, and UAE Labour Law 32
the extent to which the disabled worker is fit to resume his work despite the
disability.
Article 148 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries
Article 148 Compensation For Occupational Injuries. Where a
dispute arises as to the extent of a worker's physical fitness for work, degree
of disability or any other matter related to his injury or treatment, the matter
shall be referred to the Ministry of Health through the competent labour
department. The Ministry of Health shall, whenever such a dispute is referred
to it, set up a medical board consisting of three government medical officers
to determine the extent of the worker's medical fitness for employment, the
degree of his disability or any other matter related to the injury or
treatment. The board may call in any experts it believes capable of helping it.
Its decision shall be final and shall be submitted to the labour department in
order that the measures necessary for its implementation may be taken.
Article 149 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries and Refund –Compensation for Family
Article 149 Compensation For Occupational Injuries and Refund
–Compensation for Family. Where a worker dies as a result of a work-related
injury or an occupational disease, the members of his family shall be entitled
to compensation equal to his basic wage for twenty four month, provided that
the amount of compensation shall neither be less than eighteen thousand nor
more than thirty five thousand Dirhams. The amount of compensation shall be
calculated on the basis of the last wage received by the worker before his
death. The compensation shall be distributed among the deceased worker's
dependents in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 3 attached to this
Law. For the purposes of this Article the expression “deceased worker's family”
refers to the following persons who were wholly or substantially dependent for
their subsistence on the deceased worker's income at the time of his death:
1. Widow(s);
2. Children, namely-
• Sons who are under 17 years of
age, and also sons who are regularly enrolled in educational institutions and
are under 24 years of age or who are too mentally or physically incapacitated
to earn their own living. The term “sons” includes the sons in law of the
husband and of the wife who were dependent on the deceased worker at the time
of his death;
• Unmarried daughters, which term
includes also unmarried daughters in law of the husband and of the wife who
were dependent on the deceased worker at the time of his death;
3. Parents;
4. Brothers and sisters, subject to the conditions
prescribed for sons and daughters.
Article 150 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries and Refund
Article 150 Compensation For Occupational Injuries and Refund.
Where a work-related injury or an occupational disease permanently renders a
worker partial disabled, he shall be entitled to compensation at the applicable
rate specified in the two schedules attached to this Law, multiplied by the
applicable death compensation amount provided for in the first paragraph of the
preceding Article.
Article 151 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries Amount
Article 151 Compensation For Occupational Injuries Amount. The
amount of compensation payable to a worker in the event of his permanent total
disability shall be the same amount as that payable in the event of his death.
Article 152 Compensation for
Occupational Injuries and Refund
Article 152 Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Refund.
The Minister of Labour, when necessary, and with the consent of the Minister of
Health, may amend schedules I and 2 attached hereto, concerning occupational
diseases, and disability compensation assessment.
Article 153 Compensation For
Occupational Injuries – No need to Pay Compensation Conditions
Article 153 Compensation For Occupational Injuries – No need
to Pay Compensation Conditions. An injured worker shall not be entitled to any
compensation for an injury or disability that did not result in his death if
the inquiries carried out by the competent authorities established that he
willfully brought about his own injury with the intention of committing suicide
or of obtaining compensation or sick leave, or for any other reason; or if, at
the time of the occurrence, he was under the influence of a narcotic drug or
alcohol; or if he intentionally violated the safety instructions posted at
conspicuous positions in the workplace; or if his injury or disability was the
result of gross and deliberate misconduct on his part; or if he refused for no
good reason to submit to medical examination or to undergo the treatment
ordered by a medical board set up pursuant to Article 148. In such
circumstances, the employer shall not be required to provide treatment for the
worker or to pay him any cash allowance.