Compensation Awards

> Disablement Benefit

This type of compensation is awarded in case you sustain a severe work-related injury, or are afflicted by a disease caused by the hazardous environmental conditions of your workplace.

Disablement benefits apply if your disablement is assessed at 14% or higher, and you were a paid worker at the time the accident, or the conditions that led to your illness, occurred.

> General Damages

General damages are paid to you as compensation for any injuries you sustained from the incident cited in your claim. The award takes into consideration pain and suffering from the injury, as well as any amount of potential income that was negated as a result of the incident. The actual amount awarded for general damages is determined by the court.

> Special Damages

Special damages are awarded to cover any actual financial loss that you suffered as a direct result of the injury.

The court will take into account details such as damage to your possessions and the clothes you were wearing when the incident occurred, the transportation expenses to and from the hospital, total cost of medical treatment, and the full expense of replacing or repairing your vehicle if it was damaged in an accident.