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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1978
HENDERSON EXPLAINED: +THE FIRST STAGE COVERS THOSE „ORKERS WHO ARE ALREADY KNOWN TO HAVE CONTRACTED PNEUMOCON 103 IS AND WHO MAY OR MAY NOT STILL BE EMPLOYED IN SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES. ITILL ALSO COVER THOSE MORKERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE INDUSTRY BEFORE PNEUMOCON103 IS IS INCLUDED AS AN OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE AND WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITHIN A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS FROM THIS DATE. ALL THESE WORKERS WILL BE COMPENSATED ON AN EX-GRATIA NON-STATUTORY EASIS BY THE GOVERMENT CN THE EASIS OF AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF THE DISABILITY SUSTAINED. +
HE SAID THERE WERE 30112 700 SUCH CASES, AND PAYMENTS TO THESE PEOPLE WOULD TOTAL ABOUT 325 MILLION.
THE SECOND STAGE OF THE SCHENE, WHICH WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE FIRST STAGE, YOULD COVER WORKERS EMPLOYED IN SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES WHO WERE DIAGNOSED AS SUFFERING FROM PNEUMOCON 10S 13 IN THE SCHEME'S INITIAL X-RAY EXAMINATION.
+THESE WORKERS WILL BE PAID COMPENSATION BY THE GOVERNMENT HITIALLY, + SAID KR. HENDERSON. +EUT SUCH PAYMENTS, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, ARE TO BE RECOVERED SUBSEQUENTLY THROUGH A LEVY TO ES IMPOSED ON EMPLOYERS IN THE SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES.+
HE SAID THE INITIAL X-RAY EXARIATION PERIOD WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE AT LEAST EIGHT MONTHS TO COMPLETE, AND ALL WORKERS IN THE SPECIFIES INDUSTRIES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO X-RAY.
ON THE FINAL STAGE OF THE SCHEME, PR. HENDERSON SAID: IT WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON COMPLETION OF THE SECOND STAGE AND WILL COVER ALL WORKERS WHO ARE GIVEN A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AT THE INITIAL X-RAY AND WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES CN CR AFTER THE DATE THE ILL COMES INTO FORCE, OR WHO SUBSEQUENTLY LEAVE THE INDUSTRY AND ARE DIAGNOSED AS PLEUMOCONICTIC WITHIN A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. ANY COMPENSATION DUE IN RESPECT OF SUCH WORKERS.ILL EE PAID FROM THE STATUTORY COMPENSATION FUND.+
MR. HENDERSON SAID THE FUND WOULD BE FINANCED BY PREMIA FRCH EMPLOYERS IN THE SPECIFIED INDUSTRIES, WHO WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE COST OF THE INITIAL AND PĒR ICDICAL MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF WORKERS.
HE SAID THE LEVY INVOLVED IN THE SECOND STAGE, THE X-RAY EXAMINATION AND THE INSURANCE PREMIUM WOULD BE ROUGHLY $140 PER CAPITA PER AMIUM IN THE FIRST YEAR, LASED ON A. ESTIMATE OF 30, WORKERS NEED ING INSURANCE COVERAGE.
MR. HELDERSCI. ADDED: +SCE THE LEVY WILL CEASE HEI GOVERMENT EXPENDITURE UNDER STAGE IT HAS BEEN RECOVERED, WHAT WILL KITIALLY DE ABOUT A ONE PET CENT ADDITION TO THE LABOUR COST WILL TEND TO DECLINE RELATIVELY IN TIME, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS NO MARKED CONTRACTION IN PRESENT ACTIVITY.+
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