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Industrial Injuries Benefits
These compensate for a job-related illness or disability. To qualify the client must have been employed and have a disability caused by an accident/disease at work.
Disablement Benefit is the main Industrial Injuries Benefit and is paid at a variety of rates depending on the level of disablement. If the client receives Disablement Benefit s/he might also be entitled to addidtions to this benefit. Constant Attendance Allowance and/or Exceptionally Severe Disablement Allowance.
Reduced Earnings Allowance is payable if the disablement was the result of an accident/disease at work prior to October 1990 and this has reduced the client's earnings capacity. Generally it is only available to people of working age. When the client reaches pensionable age, it is usually replaced by Retirement Allowance.
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