Author Albert Mushai

Insurance markets worldwide operate on the basic premise that insurers know the risks for which they want to provide coverage ex ante. Professor Robert Vivian and Dr Albert Mushai note that these risks must mee... Read More...

Compensation for occupational diseases should, in general, be handled the same way as worker’s compensation. One system should exist for occupational accidents and diseases, covering all employees – irrespectiv... Read More...

There was a time employees who were injured at work were unsuccessful if they attempted to obtain compensation by suing their employers. Dr Albert Mushai, Professor Robert Vivian and BCom Honours student Sekitl... Read More...

The workplace is a complex environment in more ways than most people might think. Various factors operate synergistically or in isolation to produce undesirable outcomes. Consequently, occupational health and s... Read More...

Are volunteer emergency responders – such as a firefighters – entitled to claim compensation if they are injured on duty? ALBERT MUSHAI and ROBERT VIVIAN examine the question Recently, Australia was confronte... Read More...

To better understand the challenges of providing compensation to injured employees, Albert Mushai and Robert Vivian compare a compensation court case in the United Kingdom with the South African workmen’s compe... Read More...

Albert Mushai and Robert Vivian argue that without a specific clause in an insurance contract that excludes liability of the insurer for claims under the illegality principle, chances are insurers are repudiati... Read More...

Dr Albert Mushai and Professor Robert W Vivian argue that workmen’s compensation probably has little to do with social welfare Workmen’s compensation is usually classified as being part of social welfare – and... Read More...

Evidence suggests that trusts do not provide the best solutions to the problems of compensation for occupational diseases - especially when dealing with the magnitude of silicosis claims in South Africa The si... Read More...

With the Tiger Brands listeriosis outbreak still fresh in our minds and now the centre of a class-action lawsuit, it’s pertinent to study a remarkably similar event that occurred in Canada a decade earlier. In... Read More...