THE SCHEDULE: THE SCHEDULE

THE SCHEDULE (1) For the purpose of computing sickness benefit, maternity benefit and injury benefit, the insured person shall be assigned to the wage class specified in the first column of the Table appended to this Schedule (hereinafter referred to as the Table) on the basis of his average daily wages, as determined in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, as appropriate. Apprentices who do not receive any wages shall be assigned to the first wage class in that Table. (2) For purposes of sickness and maternity benefit, an insured person’s average daily wages shall be determined by dividing the wages liable to contribution which he received in the three calendar months preceding the month in which his incapacity occurred, or the month in which she stopped work in anticipation of confinement by the difference between 90 and the number of days for which he or she received sickness benefit, maternity benefit or injury benefit during the same period; if he or she received no wages liable to contribution during that period, he or she shall be assigned to the first wage class in the Table. (3) For the purposes of injury benefit the average daily wages of an insured person shall be determined by dividing the wages liable to contribution which he received in the three calendar months preceding the month in which employment injury occurre d by the number of days he worked: Provided that if he did not receive any wages in the said three months, his average daily wages shall be computed by dividing the wages which he received during the month in which the injury occurred by the number of days for which he received such wages: Provided further, that if he had received no wages prior to the employment injury, his average daily wages shall be the wages specified in his contract of employment. (4) For the wage classes specified in column 1 of the Table the daily rate of sicknes s benefit, maternity benefit and injury benefit shall be the amount specified in the second and third columns of the Table: Provided that in no case shall the daily rate of maternity benefit be less than Re. 1.12. (5) Sickness benefit, maternity benefit and injury benefit shall be payable for seven days per week. (6) Sickness benefit and injury benefit payable to an insured person without dependents shall be reduced by half during any period during which he is undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution. (7) If an insured person entitled to sickness benefit or injury benefit in respect of a period of incapacity for work receives wages from his employer in respect of that period, the rate of sickness benefit or injury benefit shall be reduced, if necessary, to that amount which, if added to the wages paid, would reach a total not exceeding his average daily wage. (8) (a) The monthly rate of disablement pension in case of total disablement shall be equal to the daily rate of injury benefit multiplied by thirty; (b) the monthly rate aforesaid shall be increased by 50 percent. Where as a result of the disablement, the pensioner requires constant attendance. (9) The monthly rate of disablement pension in case of partial disablement shall be equal to that percentage of the rate of disablement pension referred to in paragraph (8) (a) as is represented by the insured person's degree of partial disablement increased by one-half. (10) The amount of disablement gratuity shall be equal to six times the monthly rate of the disablement pension referred to in paragraph (8) (a) above. THE TABLE Rate of Rate of Wage-classes sickness injury and benefit. maternity benefit. 1 2 3 Rs. Rs. 1. Insured persons whose average daily wages are below Rs. 2.00. 0.75 0.94 2. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 2 and above but 1.25 1.50 below Rs. 3.00. 3. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 3 and above but 1.75 2.12 below Rs. 4.00. 4. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 4 and above but 2.50 3.00 below Rs. 6.00. 5. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 6 and above but 3.50 4.25 below Rs. 8.00. 6. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 8 and above but 5.00 6.00 below Rs. 12.00. 7. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs.12 and above but 7.00 8.44 below Rs. 16.00. 8. Insured persons whose average daily wages are Rs. 16 and above. 10.00 12.00 Dated: 05.04.24

Effective date: 1962-01-01

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