Work Injury Benefits Act, 2007 🇰🇪

Kenya

Preamble

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

3. Application

4. Meaning of employer

5. Meaning of employee

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Part II – OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS

7. Employer to be insured

8. Registration of employer

9. Employer to keep records

Part III – RIGHT TO COMPENSATION

10. Right to compensation

11. Accident outside Kenya

12. Accidents during training for or performance of emergency services

13. Special circumstances in which Director may refuse award

14. Special circumstances in which the Director may order compensation

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Part IV – REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS

21. Notice of accident by employee to employer

22. Notice of injury or accident by employer to Director

23. Inquiry by Director

24. Particulars in support of claim

25. Employee to submit to medical examination

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Part V – COMPENSATION

28. Compensation for temporary total or partial disablement

29. Expiry of compensation for temporary total or partial disablement

30. Compensation for permanent disablement

31. Amendment of First Schedule

32. Compensation for permanent disablement of employee in training

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Part VI – OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

38. Compensation in respect of scheduled and unscheduled diseases

39. Presumption regarding cause of occupational disease

40. Calculation of compensation

41. Notice of occupational disease by employee and employer

42. Date of occupational disease

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Part VII – MEDICAL AID

45. First Aid

46. Conveyance of injured worker

47. Medical expenses

48. Submission of medical report

49. Fees for medical aid to be prescribed

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Part VIII – APPEALS

51. Objections and appeals against decisions of the Director

52. Director’s reply

Part IX – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

53. Director

54. False statements

55. General penalty

56. Regulations

57. Repeal of Cap. 236

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FIRST SCHEDULE

SECOND SCHEDULE s. 38(1)]

Part I

THIRD SCHEDULE

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Work Injury Benefits Act, 2007

Act 13 of 2007

Assented to on 22 October 2007
Commenced on 2 June 2008
[This is the version of this document from 2 June 2008.]

An Act of Parliament to provide for compensation to employees for work related injuries and diseases contracted in the course of their employment and for connected purposes.

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Work Injury Benefits Act.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"accident" means an accident arising out of and in the course and scope of an employee’s employment and resulting in personal injury;"Board" means the National Labour Board;"capitalised value" means the total anticipated allowance over a certain period;"compensation" means compensation as provided for under this Act and includes medical aid and any benefit of any nature to which an employee or his dependants may be entitled to under this Act;"Council" means the National Council for Occupational…

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REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Work Injury Benefits Act, 2007

Act 13 of 2007

Part I – PRELIMINARY

1. Short title

2. Interpretation

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