| Procedures for Sick Leave Clearance
and Assessment of Permanent Loss of Earning Capacity |
| Q1. | How
would an injured employee go through the procedures for sick leave clearance and
arrangement for assessment of the permanent loss of his earning capacity? |
| Q2. | What
can an employee do if he/she sustained a work injury involving dental injury? |
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| Q1. | How
would an injured employee go through the procedures for sick leave clearance and
arrangement for assessment of the permanent loss of his earning capacity? |
| A1. | - For
the work injury with a period of temporary incapacity not exceeding 7 days and
with no permanent incapacity involved, the case should be settled by "direct
payment" or "direct settlement". Sick leave clearance or arrangement
for assessment on the loss of earning capacity is not required for such cases.
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For any other cases, the Employees' Compensation Division of the Labour Department,
upon receipt of the work-accident notification from the employer, will issue a
"Sick Leave Clearance Notification" and other related information to
the injured employee. The employee should approach the Occupational Medicine Unit
of the Labour Department in person 1 month after the accident with the photocopies
of all sick leave certificates, relevant consultation cards and all other related
documents for sick leave clearance. Where it appears that permanent incapacity
results from the injury, the Occupational Medicine Unit will arrange the injured
employee to attend the Employees' Compensation (Ordinary Assessment) Board for
assessing the percentage of loss of earning capacity permanently caused by the
injury. The employee should attend the assessment board as scheduled. The Assessment
Board will issue and send a certificate of assessment to the employer and the
employee separately by mail soon after the assessment.
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| Q2. | What
can an employee do if he/she sustained a work injury involving dental injury? |
| A2. | Upon
receiving a Sick Leave Clearance Notification from Employee Compensation Division,
the employee will be advised to bring along photocopy of sick leave certificate(s),
consultation card(s), hospital receipt(s) and other related documents to the Occupational
Medicine Unit immediately.
Staff of the unit will explain to him/her about the procedure on how to proceed
the claim of his/her dental injury in details. Back
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