Workmen Compensation Act

1 this act may be cited as the workmenõs compensation act.

Workmen compensation act.

Employer s liability for compensation. This act applies to employees employed by the republic as well as private persons except in the case of persons in the armed forces. It replaced the employers l. 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.

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. 2 a parts i ii iii vi and vii of this act came into operation on 15th november 1960. Great britain followed the german model. 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 act was a key domestic achievement. The workmen s compensation act 1897 was british law in operation from 1897 to 1946. This security is offered by the law for people who work. It served its social purpose at no cost to the government since employers were required to cover medical costs of injuries on the job.

Whereas it is expedient to provide for the payment by certain classes of employers to their workmen of compensation for injury by. Workmenõs compensation act an act to provide for the payment of compensation to workmen for injuries suffered in the course of their employment. 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.