Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Compensation for Work Injury
11A. Apportionment of liability for compensation for disease
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If an individual contracts a disease mentioned in section 10(1) or 34G(1) by a gradual process, such that 2 or more employers, 2 or more platform operators or a combination of one or more employers and one or more platform operators are severally liable to pay compensation under this Act in respect of the individual’s incapacity or death —
the aggregate amount of the compensation payable by those employers or platform operators or both must not exceed the amount that would have been payable if there were only a single employer or single platform operator; and
employer
“employer” means any person (A) who employs an individual (B) under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government, if B belongs to a class or description of employees of the Government declared to be employees for the purposes of this Act under paragraph (a) of the definition of “employee”;(b)the legal personal representative of A, if A is deceased;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of A;(d)the person who owns or is carrying on, or for the time being is responsible for the management of, the profession, business, trade or work in which B is engaged; and(e)where B is employed for the purpose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of that club.
if all of those employers or platform operators or both do not come to an agreement on the apportionment of liability — each employer or platform operator is liable for the proportion of the compensation payable as determined in the manner prescribed.