12/04/2005
Payments for dust related disease scheme increases
The Department for Employment and Learning has confirmed that compensation payments made under the Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Scheme will increase by 3.1% from this week onwards.
The scheme provides compensation to sufferers (or their dependants) of certain dust-related diseases who are unable to claim damages from the owners of businesses where the dust exposure occurred, either because the employers have ceased trading, or because there is no realistic prospect of obtaining damages from them.
The scheme pays a one-off lump sum, dependent on the degree of disability and age.
A spokesperson for the Department said: “The increase in the rates will ensure that compensation payments continue to keep pace with inflation.
“A one-off lump sum payment, ranging from £2,248 up to a maximum of £63,808, is now payable, depending on circumstances, to sufferers of certain respiratory industrial diseases caused by dust, or their dependants in cases where the sufferer has died.”
The Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Scheme was set up in Northern Ireland under the Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
The diseases to which the scheme apply are: pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.
(MB/GB)
The scheme provides compensation to sufferers (or their dependants) of certain dust-related diseases who are unable to claim damages from the owners of businesses where the dust exposure occurred, either because the employers have ceased trading, or because there is no realistic prospect of obtaining damages from them.
The scheme pays a one-off lump sum, dependent on the degree of disability and age.
A spokesperson for the Department said: “The increase in the rates will ensure that compensation payments continue to keep pace with inflation.
“A one-off lump sum payment, ranging from £2,248 up to a maximum of £63,808, is now payable, depending on circumstances, to sufferers of certain respiratory industrial diseases caused by dust, or their dependants in cases where the sufferer has died.”
The Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) Scheme was set up in Northern Ireland under the Pneumoconiosis (Workers’ Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
The diseases to which the scheme apply are: pneumoconiosis, byssinosis, diffuse mesothelioma, primary carcinoma of the lung (where accompanied by asbestosis or diffuse pleural thickening) and diffuse pleural thickening.
(MB/GB)
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