Compensation is paid for getting injured at work or for diseases caused by work. These are the main types of compensation payments:

• For temporary disability (the employee eventually recovers from the injury or illness)
• For permanent disability (the employee never fully recovers)
• For death
• For medical expenses
• Additional compensation

Compensation is always worked out as a percentage of the wage the employee was earning at the time the disease or injury is diagnosed. If the employee is unemployed by the time a disease is diagnosed the wage they would have been earning must be calculated.

The Compensation Fund does not pay for pain and suffering, only for loss of movement or use of your body.