WORKERS COMPENSATION.
FIXING A MINIMUM. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 14. The possibility of fixing a minimum rate of compensation under the Workers Compensation Act was discussed in an interview to-day by the Minister of Labour (Hon. H. T. Armstrong). “I have had a Workers Compensation Amendment Bill drafted for some time now,” Mr Armstrong said, “but it is doubtful whether there will be time to go on with it in its entirety this year. However, there are some glaring anomalies in the present law which must be removed as soon as possible, and the chances are that a small amending Bill will be brought down to make the necessary alterations. We are considering laying down a minimum rate for compensation in all cases.”
Mr Armstrong said another proposal is that the average of 12 months should be struck out and that the worker should be entitled to compensation at the rate at which he was being .paid at the time of being injured. The matter has to be investigated from several angles, but the aim of the Government will be to provide compensation on a more equitable basis than at present. When the amendments are being drafted, the Minister said, opportunity may also be taken to insert a clause giving the Government power to appoint a special Compensation Court by Order-in-Coun-cil should the necessity arise.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 201, 15 July 1936, Page 7
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