Louis’ Blog

Louis' Blog

As a tribute to Louis van Assen’s lifelong contribution to Workers’ Compensation, we have elected to keep his blogs up on our site for all to read. Please read with renewed appreciation these insights derived from his ongoing commitment to a field in which he believed.


Although no part of the COIDA can be said to be unimportant, this chapter is regarded by experts as particularly important when it comes to the administration of the Act.   The reason for this is main …

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Medical costs in terms of Chapter VIII of the COIDA were recently labelled by the CC as the biggest medical scheme in South Africa. Whether this statement is technically correct as it is not registere …

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From the previous columns I presume that you have mastered principles such as: Temporary Disablement; Permanent Disablement; Benefits payable for the different types of disablement; Procedures and typ …

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You will remember that we started last month to discuss and explain certain provisions of Chapter VI of the COIDA. Due to large number of sections in this Chapter, and the importance of some of them, …

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When someone is injured on duty in an “accident” as contemplated in section 1 of the COIDA, this accident could result in various conditions and thus different forms of compensation. The expression “c …

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This chapter of the COIDA provides for the procedures and relevant matters to be followed by Employees Employers and The Compensation Commissioner (CC) to deal with claims emanating from injuries on d …

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Section 22 is in principle the most important section in the COID Act. Why? Because of the fact that the right to compensation is vested herein. It is also the section of the Act that creates the main …

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Compensation Fund (Section 15) The assessments that you pay annually to the Compensation Commissioner (read the Director-General of Labour) are paid into the Compensation Fund as it is labelled in the …

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The Second Chapter of the COIDA deals with the administration of the Act. It does not produce the most exciting reading that you can wish for but it is important that you know what your annual assessm …

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I have decided that attempting to improve the service at the Compensation Fund of the Department of Labour, as it is lately called, is an utter waste of time. They are apparently fully aware of the ch …

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