Yesterday, we talked about Compensation for an employee’s mental stress. There are a lot more compensations accruable to an employee under the Act in the course of his employment.

Did you know that employees are also entitled to compensation for injuries gotten even outside the work environment?

Yes, by Section 11 of the Employee Compensation Act, where the injury to an employee occurs while the employee is working outside the normal workplace, which would otherwise entitle the employee to compensation under this Act if the injury occurred in the workplace, compensation shall be paid to the employee.

There are some conditions for the compensation:

(a) if the nature of the business of the employer extends beyond the usual workplace;

(b) if the nature of the employment is such that the employee is required to work both in and out of the workplace; or

(c) The employee has the authority or permission of the employer to work outside normal work place.

The point being that there must be a nexus between the activities outside the work environment and the employment.

I hope this proves helpful to you.

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