Work Injury Compensation Regulations 2020 - Singapore Statutes Online

No. S 729

Work Injury Compensation Act 2019

(ACT 27 OF 2019)

Work Injury Compensation Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 82 of the Work Injury Compensation Act 2019, the Minister for Manpower makes the following Regulations:

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Work Injury Compensation Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 1 September 2020.

Approved medical institution

2.—(1) For the purposes of the Act, “approved medical institution” is any hospital, clinic, healthcare establishment or other medical institution prescribed in the First Schedule.

[S 465/2023 wef 30/06/2023]

(2) To avoid doubt, the reference to any hospital, clinic, healthcare establishment or other medical institution in paragraph (1) includes a reference to a person who holds a licence under the Healthcare Services Act 2020 to provide a licensable healthcare service.

[S 465/2023 wef 30/06/2023]

(3) In paragraph (2) and the First Schedule, “licensable healthcare service” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Healthcare Services Act 2020.

[S 465/2023 wef 30/06/2023]

Apportionment of liability for compensation for disease

2A.—(1) This regulation applies where —

(a)	an individual contracts a disease mentioned in section 10(1) or 34G(1) of the Act by a gradual process;
(b)	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 the Act in respect of the individual’s incapacity or death that results from that disease; and
(c)	all of those employers or platform operators or the combination of employers and platform operators (as the case may be) do not come to an agreement on the apportionment of liability in respect of that compensation.

(2) For the purposes of section 11A(b) of the Act, an employer or a platform operator mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) is liable for the proportion of the compensation payable under the Act in respect of the individual’s incapacity or death that is computed according to the formula

, where —

(a)

E —

(i)	in the case of an employer — is the individual’s earnings as an employee of the employer during the apportionment period; or
(ii)	in the case of a platform operator — is the individual’s earnings as a platform worker of the platform operator during the apportionment period; and

(b)

A is the individual’s aggregate earnings during the apportionment period.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the apportionment period applicable in respect of an individual —

(a)	starts on the date that precedes the date the individual’s incapacity commences or death happens (as the case may be) by the specified duration; and
(b)	ends on the date the individual’s incapacity commences or death happens, as the case may be.

(4) In paragraph (3)(a), the specified duration is either of the following:

(a)	in a case where the individual contracts a disease specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule — the duration specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule opposite that disease;
(b)	in a case where the individual contracts a disease mentioned in section 10(1)(c) or 34G(1)(c) of the Act — subject to paragraph (5), 12 months.

(5) The Commissioner may reduce the specified duration mentioned in paragraph (4)(b) by any period if the Commissioner is satisfied that the individual was not exposed to the chemical or biological agent to which the disease that the individual contracted is attributable during that period.

(6) In paragraph (2)(b), “aggregate earnings” means —

(a)

in a case where only 2 or more employers are liable — the aggregate of the individual’s earnings as an employee of each of those employers;

(b)

in a case where only 2 or more platform operators are liable — the aggregate of the individual’s earnings as a platform worker of each of those platform operators; or

(c)

in a case where a combination of one or more employers and one or more platform operators are liable — the aggregate of —

(i)	the individual’s earnings as an employee of each of those employers; and
(ii)	the individual’s earnings as a platform worker of each of those platform operators. [S 1017/2024 wef 01/01/2025]

Made on 28 August 2020.

AUBECK KAM

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Manpower,
Singapore.

[HQ/Legis/WICA/SL/Sep2020; AG/LEGIS/SL/354/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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