Title
IV. SEVERANCE PAY
Employment (Amendment)
Bill
V. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
(a) Workmen's Compensation
(Amendment) Bill
(b) Workmen's Compensation
(Amendment) Bill
Purpose
To increase the rate of severance pay from 1/3 to 1/2 a month's pay per year of service.
(i) To require employers
to meet the cost of replacement of prosthesis and surgical appliances payable in workmen's compensation cases.
(ii) To require employers
to be responsible for the cost of medical
care in such cases.
To raise the wage ceiling from $2,000 to $5,000 for non-manual workers.
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Ref. in Annex D
Para. 1(4)
Present Position
Target Date
Draft Bill received; further views of employers associations awaited.
Not decided.
Para. 1(5)(a)
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Para. 1(5)(b)
The Labour Advisory
Not decided.
Board agreed on 14.12.76;
employers associations
and the Accident Insurance Association being consulted.
The Labour Advisory Board agreed on 19.10.76; draft Executive Council memorandum
under consideration.
(c) Workmen's Compensation
(Amendment) Bill (Silicosis and Asbestosis)
To provide for workmen's compensation for workers suffering from silicosis and asbestosis.
Para. 1(5)(c)
Further meeting held with the Accident Insurance Association; awaiting the Association's final acceptance of the financial principles involved in operating a compensation scheme.
Not decided.
End of 1977 .