28/06/2023
Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha kepada semua umat Islam.
Hati-hati semasa memandu..
Jika terjadinya kemalangan semasa pulang ke tempat kerja..ingat, segera buat tuntutan kepada PERKESO..
Kes baru diputuskan Mahkamah Rayuan, perjalanan pulang ke tempat kerja dikira sebagai perjalanan langsung berkait dengan pekerjaan di bawah seksyen 24 (1) (b) Akta Keselamatan Sosial.
SATHIASEELAN NAGAPPAN v. KETUA PENGARAH, PERTUBUHAN KESELAMATAN SOSIAL [2023] 5 CLJ 416
Petikan kata-kata Yang Amat Arif Hakim Lee Swee Seng dalam penghakimannya :
[122] Even in the unlikely event that there is a spike in the claim, that problem if it should arise, as in stretching the funds of SOCSO, has to be tackled at a separate level and not in depriving the injured employee of his compensation and benefit to which he would have a legitimate expectation and claim.
[123] It is a fact that commuting accidents happen even to the most careful of us and sometimes it may not be due to our negligence but that of some other road users and vehicles. It is something that no one would wish it should happen to them or to anyone for that matter. Hence the safety net support and succour of a no-fault liability claim under the SOCSO scheme.
[124] We must commend SOCSO for coming up with its motto, written in its correspondence with contributors, as being both apt and appropriate, as representing its care and concern for all its insured. Indeed, it resonates with all, redolent of its compassionate approach to claims: PERKESO itu Prihatin, Prihatin itu PERKESO!
Socso denied leave to appeal decision that workers returning from their hometowns are ‘travelling to work’.