EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT

Section 7: Compensation for Injury.

2010Section 7 of 74Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) Any employee, whether or not in a workplace, who suffers any disabling injury arising out of or in the course of employment shall be entitled to payment of compensation in accordance with Part IV of this Act.
(2) An employee is entitled to payment of compensation with respect to any accident sustained while on the way between the place of work and-
(a) the employee's principal or secondary residence;
(b) the place where the employee usually takes meals; or
(c) the place where he usually receives remuneration, provided that the employer has prior notification of such place.
(3) Where an injury disables an employee from earning full remuneration at the workplace, compensation shall be payable pursuant to this Act from the first working day following the day of the injury, except that only a health care benefit shall be payable in respect of the day of the injury.
(4) Where the injury or disease is caused by accident and the accident arose out of the employment, unless the contrary is shown, it shall be presumed that the injury occurred in the course of the employment.
(5) Where an injury or disease is superimposed on an already existing disability, compensation shall be allowed only for the proportion of the disability following the personal injury or disease that may reasonably be attributed to the personal injury or disease, the measure of the disability attributable to the personal injury or disease shall, unless the contrary is shown, be the amount of the difference between the employee's disability before and disability after the occurrence of the personal injury or disease.

Cite this section

Section 7, EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION ACT (2010).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/employee-s-compensation-act/section/7/