MALAWI:   WORKERS' COMPANSETION ACT, 2000                                                     MALAWI SDNP

   
 

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

 

 

SECTION

PART I-PRELIMINARY

1.           Short title and commencement  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 111-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 cornsensation  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 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 dependents 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 court's 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 Workers' Compensation Tribunal   53.      Proceedings of Workers' Compensation Tribunal  54.      Appeals to Workers' Compensation Tribunal  55.      Powers of Workers' Compensation Tribunal  56.      Appeal from 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  71.      Repeal and savings

First Schedule            Second Schedule

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

ENACTED by the Parliament of Malawi as follows-