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1926. NEW ZEALAND.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONFERENCE. DRAFT CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE AT ITS SEVENTH SESSION, 19TH MAY TO 10th JUNE, 1925.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by leave.

Geneva, 10th July, 1925. The draft conventions and recommendations here reprinted were adopted by the International Labour Conference at its seventh session, Geneva, 19th May-10th June, 1925. The draft convention and the recommendation concerning equality of treatment for national and foreign workers as regards workmen's compensation for accidents were adopted on sth June, 1.925 ; the draft convention concerning night-work in bakeries was adopted on Bth June, 1925 ; and the draft convention and the recommendation concerning workmen's compensation for occupational diseases, the draft convention concerning workmen's compensation for accidents, and the recommendations concerning the minimum scale of workmen's compensation and concerning jurisdiction in disputes on workmen's compensation were adopted on 10th June, 1925. The texts of the draft conventions and recommendations as here presented are true copies of the texts authenticated by the signatures of the President of the International Labour Conference and of the Director of the International Labour Office, and deposited with the Secretary-General of the League of Nations. J. Avenol, Secretary-General of the League of Nations. DRAFT CONVENTION CONCERNING WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS. The General Conference of the International Labour Organization of the League of Nations, having been convened at Geneva by the governing body of the International Labour Office, and having met in its seventh session on 19th May, 1925, and having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to workmen's compensation for accidents, which is included in the first item of the agenda of the session, and having determined that these proposals shall take the form of a draft international convention, adopts, this tenth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, the following draft convention for ratification by the members of the International Labour Organization, in accordance with the provisions of Part XIII of the Treaty of Versailles and of the corresponding parts of the other Treaties of Peace. Article 1. Each member of the International Labour Organization which ratifies this convention undertakes to ensure that workmen who suffer personal injury due to an industrial accident, or their dependants, shall be compensated on terms at least equal to those provided by this convention. Article 2. The laws and regulations as to workmen's compensation shall apply to workmen, employees, and apprentices employed by any enterprise, undertaking, or establishment, of whatsoever nature, whether public or private. It shall nevertheless be open to any member to make such exceptions in its national legislation as it deems necessary in respect of (a) persons whose employment is of a casual nature, and who are employed otherwise than for the purpose of the employer's trade or business ; (6) out-workers ; (c) members of the employer's family who work exclusively on his behalf and who live in his house ; (d) non-manual workers whose remuneration exceeds a limit to be determined by national laws or regulations.