Employee Compensation Scheme
Employee Compensation Scheme is a Social Insurance Scheme designed for serving employees to ensure that they are adequately protected with regard to compensation whenever they suffer
- injuries from work place accidents,
- any injury in the course of work outside work place,
- diseases emanating from working conditions
At the moment, cases of industrial accidents, injuries and diseases are being promptly treated as they are reported, in full compliance with the provisions of the Act and to the satisfaction of the stakeholders in pursuance of the following objectives of the ECA:
i) To provide a fair, guaranteed and adequate compensation for all insured employees in case of any injury, disease, disability or death arising out of, or in the course of employment.
ii) To rehabilitate employees who suffer work – related injuries, disabilities, or occupational diseases.
iii) To establish and maintain a solvent compensation fund, which will be managed in the interest of both employees and employers.
iv) To provide for a fair and adequate assessment of employers’ risk rating and ensure appropriate contribution is paid.
Employee Compensation Scheme
v) To provide a claims procedure that is simple, fast and less cumbersome for the injured persons, or their dependants in case of death.
vi) To promote the enforcement of occupational safety and health standards in the workplace.
What is unique about Employee Compensation Scheme?
Most Social Insurance Schemes are funded through tripartite (government + employer + employees) or bipartite (employers + employees) contributions. This Scheme (ECS) is to be funded through only employers’ contributions as purely social responsibility. Government is only contributing as an employer of labour, while no contribution is expected from the employees.
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