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VOL. 7, ISSUE 4 (2025)
A hard look on the regulatory framework on compensation of victims of professional risks in the private sector in Cameroon
Authors
Ngoe Kamadje Albert, Emmerance Dongmo Tsobeng
Abstract
Occupational risks are inevitable and adversely impact workers output
when one occurs. Pursuant to this, the national and international community
have recognized workers’ right to social security because it is believed that
work brings revenue upon which workers and their families depend. Therefore,
the neglect of such a person in the event where he sustains an injury or
contracts an illness, will have an unpleasant effect on his family. The
Cameroonian social security draftsman has in this regard created the National
Social Insurance Fund (NSIF) to carter for this and adopted laws to regulate
the compensation of victims of professional risks. Nevertheless, following the
recurrent outcry from uncompensated victims of professional risks, it is
apparent that the regulatory framework is ineffective and inefficient due to
legal and extra-legal lapses. Findings reveal that the regulatory framework is ineffective
and, an effective compensation can only be realised in an enhanced regulatory
framework in which both the laws and the organs of implementation are effective
and efficient. On this note, it is imperative that, the list of occupational
diseases should frequently be updated to include emerging diseases and the law
should institute a deadline within which a case for compensation has to be
dispensed with.
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Pages:147-157
How to cite this article:
Ngoe Kamadje Albert, Emmerance Dongmo Tsobeng "A hard look on the regulatory framework on compensation of victims of professional risks in the private sector in Cameroon". International Journal of Law, Policy and Social Review, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2025, Pages 147-157
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