Injury sustained while travelling to work on off day can be claimed: Court

The Court of Appeal has ruled that an injury sustained by an employee while travelling to the workplace on an off day is claimable as an employment injury from the Social Security Organisation (Socso).

The three-person bench chaired by judge Lee Swee Seng yesterday allowed former senior technician N Sathiaseelan’s appeal to claim temporary disability benefits over injuries caused by an accident while he was riding a motorcycle from Ipoh, Perak, to his rental house near his workplace in Kulim, Kedah, on Oct 16, 2016.