Today we announce the findings of a DA-mandated research investigation into the current state of the Workmens Compensation Fund and its effect on access to healthcare for injured South Africans in need of medical care. The results of the research make one thing clear Our research has shown that across the country doctors and medical […]
Financial ruin threatens medical practitioners as the largest company handling Compensation Fund claims has suspended its prefunding services because of the fund’s failure to make payments. CompSol’s temporary withdrawal of its prepayment services means the medical practitioners including doctors, radiographers and occupational therapists who are among its clients, will have to wait a long time […]
An injury at work is in itself an unpleasant experience but is also an experience that can hold consequences for both employer and employee. The Occupational Health and Saftey Act (“OHASA”) imposes a duty on the employer to provide a working environment that is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and […]
WCA Tariffs 2012 – Medical Government Gazette IOD / WCA 2012 WCA Tariff Codes, Fees and Rates WCA Tariffs 2012 as it applies in South Africa WCA 0186 and Other Tariffs 2012 WCA / IOD tariffs 2012
As a result of injury, the Employer suffers 100% loss due to loss of worker productivity. Generally, the Employer would pay the employee a salary equivalent to 75% of their full pay. The Employer is able to claim this 75% back from WCA, the Employer is in effect losing only 25% as opposed to 100% which would have otherwise been […]
6 August 2012 The trial of Peter Brian Viljoen (69), a prosthetist accused of allegedly defrauding the Department of Labour’s (DoL) Compensation Fund (CF), will resume in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court on Friday. Viljoen who operates in Alberton, Gauteng is alleged to have defrauded the DoL’s Compensation Fund of more than R80 000. […]
All employers must register with the Compensation Fund so that their workers can claim compensation for occupational injuries and diseases. All registered employers (with a few exceptions) pay an annual assessment fee. Application The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act applies to: all employers; and casual and full-time workers who, as […]
The trial of Doctor Tebogo Ephraim Kealetsa (37) operating from Pampierstad Haitswater in the Northern Cape accused of defrauding the Department of Labour’s (DoL) Compensation Fund (CF) will resume on Monday (July 23) with cross-examination of State witness(es). The trial of Kealetsa was postponed on 22 May 2012 after prosecutor Margaret Thulare fell ill and […]
IOD Medical Tariffs changes effective 1st April Government Gazette No 34178 dated 20 May 2011 The abovementioned Gazette sets out the increase in Medical Tariffs for Specialists, General Practitioners and Anaesthetists that came into effect on 1 April 2011 in terms of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act 130 of 1993. This note […]
SA LABOUR GUIDE Published 22 Feb 2012 A make or break meeting set to revolutionise the submission of documents by the Compensation Fund (CF) is to take place today (Wednesday) between the fund and the South African Medical Association (Sama) in Pretoria. For decades, claims documents have been captured manually at the fund – […]
