District of Columbia Workmen's Compensation Act: Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Sixty-seventh Congress, Fourth Session, on H. R. 10034, a Bill Relating to Assuring Compensation for Accidental Injuries Or Death of Employees in Certain Occupations in the District of Columbia. February 13 and 22, 1923 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1923 - Всего страниц: 83 |
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Стр. 35 - AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION, 131 EAST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
Стр. 74 - You may put it into the record. (The document referred to and submitted by the witness is here printed in full as follows...
Стр. 78 - ... large, by one member of the board or an authorized deputy. A decision by a member or deputy should be conclusive, unless appeal therefrom is taken to the entire accident board within a specified time. The accident board's disposition of the case should be final and conclusive unless appeal therefrom is taken within a specified time. Appeals from decrees of the accident board should not be allowed, except on questions of law, and should be carried direct to the highest court.
Стр. 29 - ... except where the injury is occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another, or where the injury results solely from the intoxication of the injured employee while on duty...
Стр. 78 - Wisconsin, and Wyoming, except that in a few of these States if the employer fails to insure the payment of compensation the injured employee has the option of claiming compensation or of suing at law with the defenses removed. V. Security for the payment of compensation awards. — The supreme tests of a compensation system are, first, the incentive provided for reducing accidents to the utmost, and second, the promptness and certainty with which compensation claims are met. The strongest incentive...
Стр. 29 - ... 1. That the claim comes within the provisions of this chapter; 2. That sufficient notice thereof was given ; 3. That the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another; 4. That the injury did not result solely from the intoxication of the injured employee while on duty.
Стр. 75 - The compensation act, therefore, should provide for the expense of medical attendance up to a reasonable amount, and for the payment of such a proportion of wages to the victim of the injury during his incapacity, or to his dependents, if he be killed, as will provide for the resulting needs and yet not encourage malingering. The following scale is believed to conform to these requirements and to be the lowest that should be inserted in any compensation law: 1. Medical Attendance.
Стр. 76 - The above percentages shall be paid if there is no widow, widower, child, or dependent parent. If there is a widow, widower, child, or dependent parent, there shall be paid so much of the above percentages as, when added to the total percentage payable to the widow, widower, children, and dependent parents, will not exceed a total of sixty-six and two-thirds per centum.
Стр. 76 - Utah allow $150. (2) Compensation for widow. — If living with the decedent at the time of his death, or if dependent, the widow should be granted 35 per cent of his wages until her death or remarriage, with a lump sum on remarriage equal to two years
Стр. 29 - Act it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary — (a) That the claim comes within the provisions of this Act. (b) That sufficient notice of such claim has been given. (c) That the injury was not occasioned solely by the intoxication of the injured employee. (d) That the injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured employee to injure or kill himself or another.