You may be thinking about that 30 day notice requirement, but the WCL handles § 18 notice in a more lax way for occupational diseases. WCL § 45 states that the § 18 notice period is extended to <strong><u>two years after the claimant becomes disable, or after the claimant knew or should have known the disease was due to the nature of the employment, whichever is later</u></strong>. Please note, this time constraint <strong>is the same to comply with § 28</strong> in the context of making a claim to the Board for occupational diseases. All of that salt swingin’ protected this employee for an additional 23 months, not bad.