WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 5

WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

■ PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT. ; Th» Workers' Compiemsa-tion for -'A<xsideffuta l Aaßondim€iu ; fc was cir"cnlated "in* Plarfiiaimeiiit on Tuieisdiay af-' 'lieraiban. It provided lor' rtJhe pay- '■ metnitf of ia. sum ajioti «xic©ediing £1 for raetEeal expense©, includaiag nrist aid. if r the average;weekly earnings calculated/under the. Act'would ■exceed £5, account may, in 'the '<&&- creifcion of tire Court,-be jtsaken: art 'amy been' tunable to get work by measlon. of tlie intermittent mature of itObue emjpttoymemjfc iif, do. th® option of the ' Court,,it was impa-actioaible tifoalfc tbe». 'worker sfcuM b© employed at other ' remunerative' work during isurih aibsance. If *tlbj© wjbrker. has ibeen pax>tihie (twelve months ([ire-. ; ceding ■tlh»: ; awddenlt' and d-ebeiivad; ,' : Mnareasei of wages, (bis average weekly ' Wirara^^ v wHl^ f deemed U6 ibe 'the.' /average■ weeklyiamount earned by | ibSuniecaMje-thiedaitie of fais'promotnon. Anotlier 'clau&e amend©', -seafcioaii 15 of ttne piriafcaipal'.Act, to' provide tlialC fflb 'Compensation slhiall ibe. pay- '■ aibie nttn irespect :of am. aemdent which. ■ : 'As attributable to the! serious and ■ wilful' misconduct of the *wwkeir dn- . j\ined, unless #he injury results in 'death or serious and perm'anieaitt) diis•aibiement.- Amy agreement between, , a<n> employer and an, employee Biust be approved by a Magistrate lor am Inspector of Faietaries-, otlhierwriis© it. wall not be binding. Costs of medical aittendnnoe may be recovered dm r v ,'.the ■Magii'Sitirate's Court at ih& suit of the injutred worker or ih& person by whom tfe expenses were tmomned • or itihie person entitled itio .payment for , the attendance. An eye, h!amd, or foot will be. deemed to 'be lost if the rpermamen* atse of it, d® -lositf.