WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Evening Star, Issue 19290, 1 July 1926, Page 8

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

NEW SOUTH WALES ACT. STATE CABINET’S DECISION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian ami N.Z. Press Association, SYDNEY, June 30. (Received July 1, at 1.30 a.m.) The State Cabinet, after considering the Workers’ Compensation Act, decided that at the present juncture there would be no State monopoly of insurance. INDIGNATION MEETINGS. MORE SAW-MILLS CLOSING DOWN SYDNEY, July 1. (Received July 1, .at 10.30 a.m.) Additional insurance companies have notified that they are unable to operate under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. In some country towns indignation meetings have been held, and a demand made that the Act should ho amended. Additional saw-mills are closing down in the southern as well as in the northern districts. The town clerk told the Finance Committee of the City Council that the cost of insurance under the Workers Compensation Act last year was £13,139. and under the new Act the cost this year would be from £48,000 to £50,000. The operation of the Act will increase heavily the running cost of the shipping services. It is regarded as certain that freight rates and passenger fares will be raised. The closing of the sawmills will probably result in a number of ships being rendered idle. The Water Board decided to carry its own risks. All future applicants for employment will have to provide medical certificates showing that they are in a state of good health.