COMPENSATION FUND FOR OCCUPATIONAL AND DISEASE ACT 130 OF 1993: THE SCHEDULE 3 LIST OF OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES PUBLISHED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS
Notice Title: Compensation Fund for Occupational and Disease Act 130 of 1993 (“COIDA”): The Schedule 3 List of Occupational Diseases published for public comments
Government Notice: GN 2330 in GG 50164 on 23 February 2024
Commencing date: To be determined
The Department of Employment and Labour, published for public comments the List of Occupational Diseases as appended in Schedule 3 in terms of section 97 of the COIDA.
Schedule 3 deals with the List of Occupational Diseases, which depicts occupational and compensable diseases on the benefits of an explicit presumption referred to in terms of section 66 of the COIDA.
The proposed updated Schedule 3 is issued to align to the List of Occupational Diseases mentioned in the first column of schedule 3 of the COIDA, as amended, with the list of occupational diseases appended to the International Labour Organisation’s List of Occupational Diseases (Revised 2010).
The updated Schedule 3 is issued in conformity with sections 65(a) and 66 of the COIDA, as amended.
Members of the public are invited to submit written comments and inputs. No deadline for submission of comments and inputs were provided. For a copy of the Government Gazette Notice click here.
For more information or assistance please contact Gert van der Waal at gert@shangoni.co.za.
