Workers who are injured or contract a disease through their work are able to claim money from the Compensation Fund. Families can also claim if their breadwinner died through work related disease or injury.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives workers the right to a healthy and safe work environment. It tells management to set up safety representatives and safety committees in the workplace.
Occupational health is concerned with the health and safety of employees at work. The aim of the occupational health services is to promote a healthy, safe and satisfactory work environment, and a healthy, active and productive worker.
Easily accessible information for employees on what happens when there is a workplace injury or disease.
This is a popular summary of the most important sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act of 1997. Workers must be able to see a summary at their workplaces in the official languages that are spoken there.
The Act covers the health and safety of employees. It also covers the health and safety of people involved in the use of machinery. It also aims to protect ordinary people, other than employees, against health and safety hazards as a result of people at work.
The Regulations make provision for controls on the exposure of workers to asbestos fibres, which can cause severe forms of lung cancer and ultimately death.