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In addition, accidents, which occur to workers during their journey from home to work, or from work to receive their wages and their return, without detour to other places for personal interests or to places not required by the work, are also regarded as occupational accidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prakas 243\u002F2002 was a pre-NSSF, transitional rule on notifying work accidents and calculating compensation; since Cambodia implemented the NSSF Employment Injury scheme, the operative framework is Prakas 109\u002F2008.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Cambodia’s employment-injury system, benefits are set by the Law on Social Security Schemes and NSSF rules. NSSF pays the benefits, while employers fund the scheme through an occupational-risk contribution of 0.8%. \nFor temporary disability, the cash benefit is 70 percent of the worker’s daily average wage starting on day two of incapacity when the injury requires more than four days of hospitalisation; the employer pays day one; payments can run for up to 180 days in a 12-month period, and a doctor may also authorise a caretaker allowance.\nFor permanent disability, an assessed disability below 20 percent gives a lump sum based on the daily average wage, the degree of disability, and an actuarial factor; at 20 percent or more, the worker receives a pension based on the same elements; at total disability, there is an extra caregiver allowance equal to one-half of the pension. \nFor survivors, the pension depends on family composition: spouse or children only get 56 percent of the daily average wage; spouse with children gets 42 percent for the spouse and 28 percent for the children; spouse with children and dependent parents gets about 37.8 percent for the spouse, 25.2 percent for the children, and 7 percent for the parents. These levels show the scheme routinely pays at least half of the reference wage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §252-253 of the Labour Law, promulgated by Royal Order No. CS\u002FRKM\u002F0397\u002F01 of 13 March 1997 (amended in 2021); Prakas 243\u002F2002; ISSA Country Profile; Prakas No. 109\u002F2008 on Employment Injury Benefits as amended by Prakas No. 140\u002F2010) and Prakas No. 480\u002F2018; Prakas No. 449\u002F2017 on contributions.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n        \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n    \n\n\n        \n      \n    \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \u003Cdiv class=\"related\">\n      \u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          _ll_sickleave_URL_\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n    \n\n  \n\n    \n    \n\n  \n\n  \n  \n\n  \n    \u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\n  \n\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>","Your rights: work injury benefits and disability benefits in Cambodia – .","\u003Cdiv>\n\n\u003Cspan>This page was last updated on:\n      2026-04-17\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Disability \u002F Work Injury Benefit\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Work injuries are divided into four categories: (i) permanent total incapacity, (ii) permanent partial incapacity, (iii) temporary incapacity, and (iv) fatal injury leading to the death of a worker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accidents occurring to workers or paid or non-paid apprentices in whatever capacity at whatever location by whatever causes while performing their duty, whether or not they are the result of the workers' fault, are regarded as work-related accidents. In addition, accidents, which occur to workers during their journey from home to work, or from work to receive their wages and their return, without detour to other places for personal interests or to places not required by the work, are also regarded as occupational accidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prakas 243\u002F2002 was a pre-NSSF, transitional rule on notifying work accidents and calculating compensation; since Cambodia implemented the NSSF Employment Injury scheme, the operative framework is Prakas 109\u002F2008.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Cambodia’s employment-injury system, benefits are set by the Law on Social Security Schemes and NSSF rules. NSSF pays the benefits, while employers fund the scheme through an occupational-risk contribution of 0.8%. \nFor temporary disability, the cash benefit is 70 percent of the worker’s daily average wage starting on day two of incapacity when the injury requires more than four days of hospitalisation; the employer pays day one; payments can run for up to 180 days in a 12-month period, and a doctor may also authorise a caretaker allowance.\nFor permanent disability, an assessed disability below 20 percent gives a lump sum based on the daily average wage, the degree of disability, and an actuarial factor; at 20 percent or more, the worker receives a pension based on the same elements; at total disability, there is an extra caregiver allowance equal to one-half of the pension. \nFor survivors, the pension depends on family composition: spouse or children only get 56 percent of the daily average wage; spouse with children gets 42 percent for the spouse and 28 percent for the children; spouse with children and dependent parents gets about 37.8 percent for the spouse, 25.2 percent for the children, and 7 percent for the parents. These levels show the scheme routinely pays at least half of the reference wage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sources: §252-253 of the Labour Law, promulgated by Royal Order No. CS\u002FRKM\u002F0397\u002F01 of 13 March 1997 (amended in 2021); Prakas 243\u002F2002; ISSA Country Profile; Prakas No. 109\u002F2008 on Employment Injury Benefits as amended by Prakas No. 140\u002F2010) and Prakas No. 480\u002F2018; Prakas No. 449\u002F2017 on contributions.  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cdiv>\n\u003Ch2>Related Items\u003C\u002Fh2>\n      \n          \u003Ca href='\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave'>Sick Leave\u003C\u002Fa>\n      \n    \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cstyle>\n\n      h1, h2, h3 {\n      font-weight: bold;\n      margin-top: 20px;\n      margin-bottom: 10px;\n      }\n      \n      .related a {\n        display:block;\n        border: 1px solid transparent;\n      }\n\n      ul ol, ol ol, ol ul {\n      font-size: 100%;\n      }\n\n    \u003C\u002Fstyle>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>",[],{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact Us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},2,"Gunjan","Pandya","gunjanpandya@wageindicator.org","https:\u002F\u002Fwageindicator.org\u002Fmedia\u002Fimages\u002FGunjan-Pandya-ED_PhPZSyI.width-400.jpg","IT Specialist and Global Webmaster",false,[58],{"id":50,"first_name":51,"last_name":52,"email":53,"image":54,"function":55,"external":56},true,[61,65,69,73,77,81,85,89,93,97,101,104,105,109,113,117,121,125,129],{"id":62,"short_title":7,"title":63,"url":64},701,"Work and Wages","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fwork-and-wages",{"id":66,"short_title":7,"title":67,"url":68},702,"Compensation and Working Time","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcompensation-and-working-time",{"id":70,"short_title":7,"title":71,"url":72},703,"Annual Leave and Holidays","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fannual-leave-and-holidays",{"id":74,"short_title":7,"title":75,"url":76},704,"Contracts and Dismissals","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals",{"id":78,"short_title":7,"title":79,"url":80},705,"Notice and Severance","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fcontracts-and-dismissals\u002Fnotice-and-severance",{"id":82,"short_title":7,"title":83,"url":84},706,"Family Responsibilities","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffamily-responsibilities",{"id":86,"short_title":7,"title":87,"url":88},707,"Maternity and Work","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work",{"id":90,"short_title":7,"title":91,"url":92},708,"Job Protection","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fjob-protection",{"id":94,"short_title":7,"title":95,"url":96},709,"Breastfeeding","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fmaternity-and-work\u002Fbreastfeeding",{"id":98,"short_title":7,"title":99,"url":100},710,"Health and Safety","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fhealth-and-safety",{"id":102,"short_title":7,"title":26,"url":103},711,"\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsick-leave",{"id":4,"short_title":7,"title":6,"url":9},{"id":106,"short_title":7,"title":107,"url":108},713,"Social Security","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security",{"id":110,"short_title":7,"title":111,"url":112},714,"Unemployment Benefits","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Fsocial-security\u002Funemployment-benefits",{"id":114,"short_title":7,"title":115,"url":116},715,"Fair Treatment","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment",{"id":118,"short_title":7,"title":119,"url":120},716,"Sexual Harassment","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fsexual-harassment",{"id":122,"short_title":7,"title":123,"url":124},717,"Minors and Youth","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fminors-and-youth",{"id":126,"short_title":7,"title":127,"url":128},718,"Forced Labour","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ffair-treatment\u002Fforced-labour",{"id":130,"short_title":7,"title":131,"url":132},719,"Trade Unions","\u002Fen-kh\u002Fwork-in-cambodia\u002Flabour-law\u002Ftrade-unions",[134],{"url_path":135,"title":136,"language_name_en":137,"language_name_local":137,"translated_language_name":137},"\u002Fkm-kh","ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា","Khmer","\u003Cp>Prake is WageIndicator. 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