(1) When an employee suffers a physical disability remaining after finishing treatment for an occupational injury or disease, the employer shall provide him/her with a compensation for disability calculated by multiplying the average wages by the number of days as provided for in attached Table in accordance with the grade of disability. <Amended on Mar. 21, 2008>
(2) In cases where a person who already has a physical disability suffers from more serious disability in the same part of body due to injury or disease, an amount of a compensation for such disability shall be the amount calculated by multiplying the number of days, which is difference between the number of days of a compensation for disability falling under the previous grade of disability and the number of days of a compensation for disability falling under the grade of disability which has become more serious, by average wages at the time when a ground for claim for compensation arises. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 21, 2008; May 26, 2020>
(3) Criteria for determination of the grade of physical disability eligible for a compensation for disability and period of a compensation for disability shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Newly Inserted on Mar. 21, 2008>