WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
The Bill. to amend • the Workers' CompeoMSatian' for Acoidents Aot, which was circulated on Tuesday, contains 0n.3 clause of a far-reaching character. This provides that ia the event of 'permanent' disablement or death (resulting from an accident, the employer shall he liable to pay comr pensatiom;, even though tlie accident .be tlxo result of itlhe "serious and wilful misconduct'' 'of tilie worker. The Legislature will' surely pause before allowing so dangerous a clause to pass. Under what' code cam* the Min'istor .condone serious and wilful misconduct? If the principle is applied to accidents, it cannot reasonably be withQield from other phases of unemployment. Is not a man who is peir r .manenitly throwni out of employment through drunkenness as much, entitled to compensation as the miam who ; , when under the influence of liguor,, fractures a lim,b and thus becomes permanently disabled ? If this clause is placed upon, the Statute Book it will establiiisn a most dangerous precedent, and will ■result in a< comsider- { -able increase in accident insurance .} premiums.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 4
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171WORKERS' COMPENSATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10310, 10 August 1911, Page 4
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