The insurance also covers occupational disease.

146. In 1994 the number of suspected cases of occupational disease reported to the occupational accident insurance funds was lower than in the years before.

Occupational risks insurance.

Occupational risk insurance.

Employment related accidents and occupational disease

The level of occupational disease is high.

(iii) Occupational injury insurance covers all employees.

Occupational injury insurance benefits are higher than general health and pension insurance benefits

Benefit in the case of an accident at work or an occupational disease The protection of persons who have suffered an accident at work is regulated by the Law On Compulsory Social Insurance Against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases of 2 November 1995, providing that an insured person, who has suffered an accident at work or has contracted an occupational disease, enjoys the right to the following types of insurance indemnity

Sickness and maternity insurance occupational risks insurance invalidity and life insurance retirement, cessation of employment at an advanced age and old age insurance, and day care and social benefits insurance.

142. The Social Insurance Institute deals both with workers apos insurance and with that of other socio occupational groups.

185. Persons providing home care are covered by the statutory occupational accident insurance.

The transfer to other work of employees threatened by or contracting an occupational disease

In cases of occupational disease the amount will be 50 of the person's average contribution wage during the previous 52 weeks or, if his period of insurance was less, during the weeks actually worked.

6) a benefit in the case of an accident at work or an occupational disease

This principle will permeate the statute of any Occupational Insurance Funds established in the future.

This principle will permeate the statute of any Occupational Insurance Funds established in the future.

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The Committee encourages the State party to extend social insurance to cover work accidents and occupational diseases.

Pursuant to the Law On State Social Insurance all employees who have reached the age of 15 are subject to social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases.

215. As was said earlier, accident insurance in Poland also includes such pension benefits as the disability pension for workers and other insured persons who, in consequence of an employment related accident or occupational disease have been placed in one of the disability groups.

The close relatives of a person who died as the result of a work related accident or occupational disease, are entitled to this indemnity.

202. In the period under review the pensions and the nursing allowances payable from the statutory occupational accident insurance were raised as follows

208. By virtue of the Act on the establishment of legal unity in the statutory pension and occupational accident insurance schemes dated 25 July 1991 the West German occupational accident insurance legislation which was in part not yet applicable in the acceding territory was introduced in the acceding territory with effect from 1 January 1992.

While noting that Kuwait has a sound social insurance scheme, the Committee is concerned that it does not cover work accidents and occupational diseases.

Invalidity and life insurance covers two contingencies non occupational accidents or diseases and the protection of the family on the death of the insured person.

The disability occurred as a result of a work related accident, of an accident on the way to or from the workplace or of an occupational disease

Pronouncement of an occupational disease and accidents at work are both reasons for employers to pay out a single workman apos s compensation and higher disability pensions.

1) a sickness benefit for the period of temporary inability to work that is related to an accident at work or an occupational disease (maximum 52 calendar weeks)

It regulates in particular when the relevant federal legislation is to be applied in the acceding territory and which institutions will act as occupational accident insurance funds.

148. The declining and thus positive trend in the number of accidents reported is mainly due to the continuous efforts on the part of the Government, the Berufsgenossenschaften and other occupational accident insurance funds aimed at improving occupational safety and health and safety engineering.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Occupational diseases

Occupational poisoning

Technical occupational

Pursuant to the Law On State Social Insurance, the Law On Social Security, the Law On Social Tax, the Law On State Pensions, the Law On Compulsory Social Insurance Against Unemployment, the Law On Insurance Against Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases the receipt of the maternity benefit does not restrict receiving of any other benefit or social insurance services.

Occupational Safety. The concept of occupational safety is still developing in Pakistan.

Partial payment of catering and accommodation costs in health sanatoriums (except for patients whose treatment is closely related to an occupational disease or risk of one, an accident at work or a disease related to the particular character or conditions of work or service).

Following the entry into force of the reforms introduced into the Social Insurance Act on 20 December 2001, a system of administration of occupational safety and health is being established in which it is provided that for enterprises which take out accreditation with the STPS a factor of 2.2 will be applied to the premium factor in the calculation of the insurance premium against occupational risks.

If incapacity for work was caused by an employment related accident or an occupational disease, the allowance is granted for periods of incapacity for work of less than 30 days.

Occupational risk benefit.

Registered occupational diseases

Graduates Technical occupational

1. TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONAL

Occupational training programmes