Workmen's Compensation Law, 1987 (as amended) 🇬🇭

Ghana 25 Citing Cases

Amendments

2012-11-14National Health Insurance Act, 2012

P.N.D.C.L. 187

Workmen's Compensation Law, 1987 (as amended)

Published in Government Gazette on 12 August 1987
Assented to on 12 August 1987
Commenced on 12 August 1987
[This is the version of this document from 14 November 2012.]

[Amended by National Health Insurance Act, 2012 (Act 852 of 2012) on 14 November 2012]

AN ACT to provide for the payment of compensation to employees and for related matters.

1. Application to employees employed by the Republic

This Act applies to employees employed by the Republic as well as private persons, except in the case of persons in the Armed Forces.

2. Employer's liability for compensation

(1)Where an employee sustains personal injury by accident arising out of, and in the course of employment, the employer is liable, subject to this Act, to pay compensation in accordance with this Act.

(2)An injured employee shall not suffer a diminution in earnings while the employee undergoes treatment for injuries sustained through an accident arising out of, and in the co…

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