Section 26: Limitation on application of sickness benefit.

(1) No sickness benefit under this Act shall be payable-
(a)
in the case of a female member of the Fund where the employer pays for maternity leave an amount not less than the sickness benefit; or
(b)
to any member of the Fund where the employer pays for sick leave an amount not less than the sickness benefit; or
(c)
to any member of the Fund who receives or is entitled to a lump sum payment or periodical payments under the Workmen's Compensation Act in respect of the same contingency or injury, until after the expiry of the number of months for which earnings are reckoned in calculating the lump sum payable, or during the periods of incapacity from work as the case may be.
(2)
Where a person in receipt of sickness benefit appears to be entitled to a payment under the Workmen's Compensation Act, the Director shall give notice of the fact to the employer and the employer shall, before making payment of compensation deduct therefrom the amount of sickness benefit paid to that person in excess of the amount of the benefit that would have been paid if he had received compensation from the date from which he was entitled; and the employer shall, subject to the directions (if any) of the court, pay the sum so deducted to the Director for the credit of that person's account in the Fund.
(3)
If an employer continues to pay wages to a worker in respect of any day on which the worker is entitled to sickness benefit, the sum paid shall be deducted from the sickness benefit to the extent that with the sickness benefit it exceeds the daily wages of the worker.