Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an injury to an employee results in death, compensation is payable for the cost of the employee's funeral to the person who paid the cost of the funeral or, if that cost has not been paid, to the person who carried out the funeral.
(2) The amount of compensation is such amount, not exceeding $3,500, as the employer determines is reasonable, having regard to:
(a) the charges ordinarily made for funerals in the place where the funeral was carried out; and
(b) any amount paid or payable in respect of the cost of the funeral under any other law of the Commonwealth.
(3) If an employer is liable to pay the cost of the funeral of an employee, any amount paid under this section to the person who carried out the funeral is, to the extent of the payment, a discharge of the liability of the employer.