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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Minister
responsible for Employment and
Social welfare by subsection (3)
of section 36 of the Workmen’s
Compensation Law, 1987 (P.N.D.C.L.
187) this instrument is made this
11th day of July, 1994.
Section 1—Calculation of
Compensation.
(1) Compensation to be paid to an
injured workman shall be
calculated—
(a) only on the first one hundred
and fifty three thousand cedis of
the workman's earnings for a
year, that is, a workman earning
up to one hundred and fifty three
thousand cedis a year shall be
paid a compensation on his full
salary;
(b) only on the first one hundred
and ninety three thousand cedis of
the workman’s earnings for a year,
that is, a workman earning up to
one hundred and ninety three
thousand cedis a year shall be
paid compensation on his full
salary;
(c) only on the first three
hundred and forty-nine thousand
cedis of the workman's earnings
for a year, that is, a workman
earning up to three hundred and
forty nine thousand cedis a year
shall be paid compensation on his
full salary;
(d) only on the first six hundred
thousand cedis of the workman's
earning for a year; that is, a
workman earning up to six hundred
thousand, five hundred and sixty
four cedis a year shall be paid a
compensation on his full salary.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt a
workman earning above—
(a) one hundred and fifty three
thousand cedis;
(b) one hundred and ninety three
thousand cedis;
(c) three hundred and forty nine
thousand cedis;
(d) six hundred thousand, five
hundred and sixty four cedis;
shall not be paid any compensation
in excess of one hundred and fifty
three thousand cedis or one
hundred and ninety three thousand
cedis or three hundred and
forty-nine thousand cedis or six
hundred thousand, five hundred and
sixty four cedis as the case may
be.
Section 2—Commencement.
This instrument shall be deemed to
have come into force—
(a) in respect of paragraph 1(1)
(a) and (2) (a) or 1st January,
1989;
(b) in respect of paragraph 1 (1)
(b) and (2) (b) on the 1st day of
January, 1990;
(c) in respect of paragraph 1(1)
(c) and (2) (c) on the first day
of July 1991, and
(d) in respect of paragraph 1(1)
(d) and (2) (d) in the first day
of July, 1992;
Section 3—Calculation for 1994.
Compensation to be paid to an
injured workman in the year 1994,
shall be calculated only on the
first ˘255.960 thousand cedis.
Section 4—Revocation.
The Workmen's Compensation
(Calculation of Compensation)
Instrument, 1988 (L.I. 1371) is
hereby revoked.
DAVID SARPONG BOATENG
Minister for Employment and Social
Welfare
Date of Gazette Notification. 14th
October, 1994. |
