Employee compensation: employers must pay promptly; provisional payments, interest and damages may be ordered if default occurs. Compensation must be paid as soon as due; if liability is disputed the employer must make a provisional payment for the accepted portion. If payment is in default beyond one month, the competent authority may order prescribed interest on arrears and, where delay is unjustified, damages up to fifty per cent of arrears after giving the employer an opportunity to show cause. Interest and damages are payable to the employee or dependant.