Insurance Coverage and Compensation for Workplace Injuries

Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for Manpower for each year of the past three years (a) how many cases of workplace injuries had occurred where the employer had no valid work injury insurance cover on the date of the accident; (b) how many of these cases concluded with a finalised Notice of Assessment awarding compensation for permanent disability; (c) of these, how many employers paid the full amount to the injured employee by the 21st day after the Notice of Assessment was finalised; and (d) how many employers were prosecuted for not having valid work injury insurance in place.

Mr Lim Swee Say: The following table provides the requested data:

The number of employers prosecuted for failing to provide work injury insurance are as follows: