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NL · WorkplaceNL Act (injury compensation) · Article 56 · clause 56 · SNL2022 c W-11.1

PART V COMPENSATION AND RIGHT OF ACTION — Length of disability

56

(1) Where an injury disables a worker for only the day on which the injury occurred, compensation other than health care shall not be paid by the commission but where the injury disables the worker for longer than the day on which the injury occurred compensation shall be paid from and including the day following the day of the injury.

56(2)

Where an injury disables a worker either for only the day on which the injury occurred, or for longer than the day on which the injury occurred, the employer shall pay the worker the earnings that the worker would have earned the day on which the injury occurred as if the worker had not been disabled by the injury.

56(3)

Where an injury results in a permanent functional impairment to a worker, the worker is entitled to compensation for the impairment notwithstanding the fact that there is no loss of earnings.

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