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Non-imminently fatal and retired
Where you are retired from employment and are diagnosed with a non-imminently fatal disease you may be eligible for the following:
A lump sum payment based on your level of impairment:
- At less than 10% impairment no compensation is payable. However, the Commissioner will pay for one medical examination and one impairment assessment per calendar year to determine if your level of impairment has increased.
- At 10-25% impairment you would be eligible for $83,622 (120 compensation units).
- At 26-50% impairment you would be eligible for $83,622 (120 compensation units).
- From 51-100% you would eligible for $83,622 (120 compensation units).
If you are assessed at 51% or more on your first assessment you would receive all the lump sum amounts = $250,866. Likewise, if you were assessed as 27% impaired on your first assessment you would receive the first two lump sums = $167,244.
You would also be eligible for uncapped reasonable medical expenses.
Non-imminently fatal and working
Where you are diagnosed with a non-imminently fatal disease and you are still working, you would be eligible for the lump sums as described above.
You would also be entitled to weekly payments based on your incapacity to work as determined by a medical practitioner. These payments are the same as those under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. Weekly payments are calculated based on your salary or wage and are paid fortnightly.
You would also be entitled to reasonable medical expenses.
Non-imminently fatal and imminently fatal disease
Where you were originally diagnosed with a non-imminently fatal disease and received compensation for that, then are diagnosed as imminently fatal, either with the same disease, or a second asbestos-related disease, you would be topped up to the full amount of $250,866 (360 compensation units).
The age based payment would also be paid as well as uncapped reasonable medical expenses paid but reviewed if $87,000 is reached.
What are reasonable medical expenses?
What is the taxation of benefits?