Dependents Are Entitled to Compensation When Death Caused Due to Stress and Strain/Work Pressure. – The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
Contents News/Article Date: 30th September 2023
Relating to which Act: The Workmen Compensation Act 1923; also known as Employee Compensation Act 1923
Penalty under the Act: Employee having right to make any further claim. – if not, commissioner direct the employer to pay the arrears with simple interest rate 12% or as prevailing in the bank. – further delay: – 50% of amount due will be recovered as penalty.
Applicable to which State: Whole of India
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Pertains to:
- Front-line workers in the some of the industries are liable to protection under this law:
- Non-permanent employees of the Railways who do not fall under the sub-divisional, district or administrative offices.
- Captains and crew members on an aircraft.
- Labours employed abroad as per Schedule II of the Workmen Compensation Act 1923.
- Individuals working in construction sites, mines, docks, factories and specific places as per Schedule II of the above mentioned Act.
- Drivers, mechanics, helpers and any other person associated with working with vehicles.
- According to this Act, any company or establishment operating in the sector highlighted above and having more than 10 employees are liable to abide by its rules.
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Thus, in the various scheme of things, governance has been put articulately in place which is required to be adhered to in terms of:
- Registrations and renewals of licenses
- Maintenance of registers and records
- Filing of periodic statutory returns
- Implementation of contract labour act for indirect vendor employees
- Payment of provident fund contributions
- Payment of ESI contributions
- Payment of gratuity contributions
- Payment of full and final settlement on exit
- Payment of compensation in accidents and deaths
- Payment in terms of suspension, retrenchment, layoffs, etc.
- Payment to indirect employees in relation to service conditions by vendors
Subject: Dependents Are Entitled to Compensation When Death Caused Due to Stress and Strain/Work Pressure. – The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
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Dependents Are Entitled to Compensation When Death Caused Due to Stress and Strain/Work Pressure. – The Employees Compensation Act, 1923
By applying the principle of ‘doctrine of notional extension of employment’ holding the deceased died due to stress and strain caused due to work pressure, is justified when accident occurred during course of employment, Employer-employee relationship is admitted, deceased alone drove the vehicle from Tamilnadu to Karnataka and he became ill and died, in post mortem cause of death is ‘sudden cardio respiratory arrest due to severe Myocardial infarction. As per law settled by the Supreme Court in North-East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation vs. Sujatha, 2018 (159) FLR 840 (SC), the claimants are entitled to interest @ 12% per annum.
Kannammal and Others vs. N. Balasubramanian and Others. (Mad. H.C.)