COMPENSATING INJURED RELIEF WORKERS
Probability of Higher Rate Being Paid
AMENDMENT TO ACT THIS SESSION
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Niglat. To allow the payment of slightly higher rates of compensation than the existing law authorises to relief workers permanently injured, either totally or partially, it is probablo that legislation will be introduced by the Government this session to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act. Under the present law, compensation in the event of injury is based on the average weekly earnings of the workers over the period of 12 months immediately preceding the accident. Since unemployed men on relief work for two or three days a week, and that for only part of the year, their average earnings over 12 months are low and the rates of compensation to which they aro entitled are also low. It is understood that the change contemplated by the Government will be in the direction of establishing a slightly higher minimum rato of compensation than the existing law grants.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7301, 31 October 1933, Page 7
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