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ALSO BURIAL EXPENSES FOR
MAXIMUM DAILY RATE FOR RESPECTIVELY.
MEDICAL
EMPLOYEES EXPENSES
KILLED WILL BE
AT WORK AND THE
AND $10,000
$90
TO
WILL GO UP TO
IN ADDITION, THE CEILING OF ADVANCE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION INJURED WORKERS OR TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED WORKERS $28,000.
MEANWHILE,
FOR LATE PAYMENT OF
ITS DETERRENT
SURCHARGE THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION BY EMPLOYERS HAS BEEN REVISED TO MAINTAIN EFFECT.
$300 UPON EXPIRY OF THE REMAINS UNPAID THREE
THE SURCHARGE WILL BE INCREASED TO PAYMENT PERIOD, AND TO $600 WHERE COMPENSATION MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRY DATE.
TO AS REGARDS THE ALLOWANCES TO HELP VICTIMS OF WORK ACCIDENTS
SURGICAL ACQUIRE PROSTHESES OR
APPLIANCES, THE MAXIMUM COSTS OF AND THOSE SUPPLYING AND FITTING SUCH ITEMS WILL BE RAISED TO $20,000, OF REPAIRING AND RENEWING TO $62,000.
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REMOVAL OF UNFAIR TREATMENT OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN PROPOSED
OF
ILLEGITIMATE
THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THE ELIMINATION THE DISTINCTIONS DRAWN BY THE LAW BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND CHILDREN.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION, POINTED OUT THAT THE LAW AT PRESENT TREATED ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN DIFFERENTLY IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
"THE COMMISSION TAKES THE VIEW THAT THIS IS UNFAIR BECAUSE THE TARGET OF THE DISCRIMINATIONS IS NOT HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISCONDUCT.
"IN BROAD TERMS, THE COMMISSON'S PROPOSALS SEEK TO REMOVE AS FAR AS IS PRACTICABLE THE LEGAL DISADVANTAGES WHICH AT PRESENT ATTACH TO ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN," MR MATHEWS SAID.
THE COMMISSION'S REPORT ON
SOME
ILLEGITIMACY, WHICH IS PUBLISHED TODAY (TUESDAY), IS THE RESULT OF
TWO YEARS' WORK. A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY THE COMMISSION IN AUGUST 1990 REVEALED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR A CHANGE IN THE LAW ALONG THE PROPOSED.
LINES
PARENTS' PROPERTY
ON
THE COMMISSION HAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS TO SUCCEED TO HIS DEATH AS LEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
/THE COMMISSION
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