Compensation Under workmen Compensation Act
Himanshu Sharma
(Querist) 23 March 2008
This query is : Resolved
Dear Friends
Is there any upper limit of Liability to an employer under workmen's Compensation Act, 1923 if an employee mets with an accident and suffers Permanent Total Disablement.
Please reply to this query on an ASAP basis.
Thanks in Advance.
Himanshu Sharma
H. S. Thukral
(Expert) 24 March 2008
There is no limit on the compensation which otherwise is caculated on the basis of age of the workman/injuries/capacity to earn lost, as per schedule provided in the Workmen Compensation Act. Non-paymentin time results in penalty and interest on compensation amount.