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Work Injury Compensation Act 2019

(ACT 27 OF 2019)

Work Injury Compensation Act 2019
(Amendment of First Schedule)
Order 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 81 of the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 (Amendment of First Schedule) Order 2020 and is deemed to have come into operation on 1 September 2020 at 12.01 a.m.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. Paragraph 3 of the First Schedule to the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 is amended by deleting sub‑paragraph (1) and substituting the following sub‑paragraph:

“(1) Where an employee has permanent partial incapacity or current partial incapacity resulting from a work injury, the amount of compensation is to be calculated —

(a)	in the case of an injury specified in the Fourth Schedule — by multiplying C (mentioned in paragraph 2) by the percentage of loss of earning capacity caused by the injury as specified in that Schedule; and
(b)	in the case of an injury not specified in the Fourth Schedule — by multiplying C (mentioned in paragraph 2) by the percentage of loss of earning capacity caused by the injury (assuming that it is permanent) in every employment which the employee was capable of undertaking at the time of the accident resulting in the incapacity.”.

Made on 1 September 2020.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[HQ/Legis/WICA/SL/Sep2020; AG/LEGIS/SL/354/2020/7 Vol. 1]