Reimbursement for Death at Workplace

The Federal Labour Law no. 8 of 1980, article 149 states the following: “Where a member of staff dies as a consequence of an employment accident or an occupational disease, the members of his family shall be entitled to compensation equal to his basic remuneration for 24 months: Provided that the amount of compensation shall not be less than Dh18,000 or more than Dh35,000. The amount of compensation shall be calculated on the basis of the last remuneration received by the worker before his death. The compensation shall be distributed among the deceased worker’s dependants in the accordance with the provisions of schedule 3 attached to this Law.

For the purpose of the provisions of this article the expression “deceased worker’s family means such of the following persons as were wholly or principally dependent for their subsistence on the deceased worker’s income at the time of his death;

A. the widow or widower;

B. the children, namely

1- sons who are under 17 years of age, and also sons who are regularly enrolled in educational institutions and are under 24 years of age or who are mentally or physically incapacitated for earning a living. The term “sons” includes the sons of the husband or of the wife who were in the deceased worker’s care at the time of his death;

2- unmarried daughters, which term includes unmarried daughters of the husband or of the wife who were in the deceased worker’s care at the time of his death;

C. the parents;

D.  The brothers and sisters, subject to the conditions prescribed for sons and daughters.”