COIDA | Registration of employers with the Compensation Fund and reporting and claim obligations in respect of occupational injuries and diseases

Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, No. 130 of 1993 (“COIDA”)

COIDA applies to and regulates, amongst others, the employer – employee relationship insofar as compensation for occupational injuries and diseases are concerned. COIDA provides for compensation for disablement caused by occupational injuries or diseases sustained or contracted by employees during the course of their employment, or for death resulting from such injuries or diseases, and it provides for matters connected therewith.

The Compensation Fund to which employers are required to contribute and from which compensation and other benefits are paid to employees was established in terms of section 15 of COIDA. Essentially, any employee (or the dependants of such employee) that meets with an accident resulting in his/her disablement or death shall, subject to the provisions COIDA, be entitled to the benefits provided for and prescribed in COIDA (section 22(1)).

Registration of employers