Monthly Review of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Volume 4, No. 3 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...and report same to the board within seven days after occurrence. 7. Employers may carry their own insurance upon furnishing sufficient evidence of their ability to do so. The formation of mutual insurance associations by groups of employers is authorized under certain conditions. The creation of a State fund is not deemed wise. 8. Nonresident alien beneficiaries are restricted to half benefits with a maximum of $1,000, only widows, parents, and children under 17 being considered. 9. An appropriation of $25,000 a year is recommended, and the act shall take effect on July 1, 1917. The pamphlet includes a minority report by one of the members of the commission, who, while hoping to see a compensation law enacted at the present legislative session, expressed his unwillingness to sign the report of the majority on the ground that the provisions of the bill as drafted by them were lacking in fairness and liberality. Exception was taken to the exemption from the act of small employers, also to a provision allowing a hospital fee to be collected from the employees, to the length of the waiting period, to the limitations on the amount of compensation, both percentual and absolute, to the reduction of compensation for alien beneficiaries, to the failure to provide for a State fund, to the exclusion of occupational diseases, and to the omission from the bill of any provision for the prevention of accidents. VERMONT. The second biennial report of the Vermont factory inspector for the 21-month period ending August 1, 1916, and the report of the industrial accident board for the year ending June 30, 1916, are contained in a pamphlet of 30 pages.1 During the year covered by the first report, 424 inspections were made and 412 orders were entered demanding changes to comply...