Should industrial accident employment injury benefits be paid by the company?

You asked about industrial accident employment injury benefits.

Employment injury benefits are a type of benefit paid from industrial accident compensation insurance to workers who cannot work due to medical care because they were injured or sick due to work-related reasons.

However, if the period of being unable to work due to medical care is within 3 days, employment injury benefits are not paid.

If recognized as an industrial accident, the amount paid during the medical care period is 70% of the average wage.

Since industrial accident employment injury benefits are paid by the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, the workplace does not need to separately pay wages.

According to the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, the principle is that double compensation cannot be received for employment injury benefits.

If the company has paid wages, insurance benefits cannot be received within the limit of the amount paid, so caution is needed.

If the company has already paid wages during the leave period, there is a way to recover them.

That is to apply for an employer substitute payment claim.

If you submit documents proving that wages were paid to the Corporation, the workplace can receive the worker's insurance benefits in their place, so the workplace's loss can be compensated.