Employees’ Compensation Act 2010established the Compensation Fundwhich provides forcompensation to employees in the event of death, injury,disability or disease arising out of or in the course of employment; and for relatedmatters. It also provides compensation to the dependants ofan employee who diesin the course of work.

The objectives of ECA, 2010 include:

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.

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.

An Employer is any person/individual, body corporate, Federal, State or LocalGovernment or any of the government agencies.

The ECA 2010 provides for cash and non-cash benefit components such as:

(i) Compensation payable in cash periodically for permanent, temporary, total, orpartial disability where he/she is eligible.

(ii) Counselling services to the affected employee in addition to cashcompensation to which he/she may be eligible.

(iii) Provision of medical, surgical, nursing and other healthcare which may berequired.

(iv) Payment of daily subsistence allowance where applicable, to the injuredemployee whilst undergoing treatment.

(v) Provision, replacement and repair of appliances and prosthesis to the injuredemployee, where applicable.

(vi) Vocational rehabilitation.