Workmen Compensation Act

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.

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 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. Employer s liability for compensation. 2 a parts i ii iii vi and vii of this act came into operation on 15th november 1960.

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. 1 this act may be cited as the workmenõs compensation act. 8 of 1923 1 5th march 1923 an act to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by accident. It replaced the employers l.

Workmenõs compensation act an act to provide for the payment of compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment. The workmen s compensation act 1923 act no. The act was a key domestic achievement. 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.

It served its social purpose at no cost to the government since employers were required to cover medical costs of injuries on the job. Great britain followed the german model. The workmen s compensation act 1897 was british law in operation from 1897 to 1946.