Workmen Compensation Act

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Workmen compensation act.

This act applies to employees employed by the republic as well as private persons except in the case of persons in the armed forces. The workmen s compensation act 1923 act no. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by. Joseph chamberlain leader of the liberal unionist party and in coalition with the conservatives designed a plan that was enacted under the salisbury government in 1897.

The act was a key domestic achievement. Employer s liability for compensation. The workmen compensation act 1923 is an enactment that was issued by the tral government and was implemented by various state governments which gives social security to workers. This security is offered by the law for people who work.

Workmenõs compensation act an act to provide for the payment of compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment. It served its social purpose at no cost to the government since employers were required to cover medical costs of injuries on the job. 15 th n ovember 1960 1. The employee s compensation amendment act 2017 is to impose an obligation upon the employers to pay compensation to workers for occupational diseases and accidents arising out of and in course of employment.

1 where an employee sustains personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment the employer is liable subject to this act to pay compensation in accordance with this act. The workmen s compensation act 1897 was british law in operation from 1897 to 1946. 1 this act may be cited as the workmenõs compensation act.