WORKERS COMPENSATION
AMENDMENT CARRIED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL From Onr Parliamentary Correspondent WELLINGTON, This Day. f The second reading of the Workers . Compensation Amendment Bill, a njea. sure promoted by the Hon. Mr Mac*. Gregor (Dunedin), was earned m wa. Legislative Council yesterday. _ This bill proposes to limit the liability of the employer in respect to accident caused hy negligence of a fellow employee, irrespective oi unqeP j what act the proceedings are taken. In discussing the Bill to which he crave support, the Attorney-General ( .Francis Bell), said the, rule o commoj employment had been repealed, but by I a daiS in Workers I Act, which had nothing ™ i the matter, a person it ' about the repeal evidently thght R was only fair to limit thfe babil ty the emplover. under the new conditions, so that he might be abL tp OOver * self by insuring Unfortunately, how ever, the Privy Council had held tha the limitation applied only , to 9 brought under the Workers Compen sation Act, so that there was> «? wbf>r an action was taken under any of the Legislature was to limit tn« amount recoverable irrespective oMhe Aot under whicii the taken. Mr Bill acluevea this. f ■ ' - } 5
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, 28 October 1921, Page 4
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