Workmen Compensation Act

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Workmen compensation act.

1 this act may be cited as the workmenõs compensation act. 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. Great britain followed the german model. 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. Employer s liability for compensation. The workmen s compensation act 1923 act no. 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. 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 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.

The act was a key domestic achievement. This act applies to employees employed by the republic as well as private persons except in the case of persons in the armed forces. 15 th n ovember 1960 1.