Workmens Compensation Law Of The State Of Illinois

Author : John A. Walgren
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ISBN 13 : 9781331326632
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Illinois Workmen's Compensation Law written by John A. Walgren and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Illinois Workmen's Compensation Law: Legislative Judicial Administrative Defenses Barred in Extra Hazardous Enterprises and Statures Regulating Employers Including Safety Acts Related to Compensation Act and Statures Enforced by State Factory Inspector Act of 1915: approved June 28, 1915. Laws 1915, p. 400; Senate Bill No. 66. Injuries compensated. - Accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of employment causing permanent disfigurement, disability of over 6 working days, or death. Industries covered. - The building trades; construction, excavating, and electrical work; transportation; mining and quarrying; work with or about explosives, molten metals, injurious gases or vapors, or corrosive acids, and all enterprises in which the law requires protective devices, provided the employer elects. Other employers may elect, but forfeit no defenses if they do not. Compulsory as to State and its municipalities. Persons compensated. - Private employment: All employees. Public employment: All persons employed by the State, county, municipality, etc., except officials. Burden of payment. - Entire cost rests on the employer. Compensation for death: (a) To persons wholly dependent or to lineal heirs to whose support the employee had contributed within 4 years, a sum equal to 4 years' earnings, not less than $1,650 nor more than $3,500. (b) If only dependent collateral heirs survive, such a percentage of the above sum as the support rendered during the last two years was of the earnings of the deceased. (c)If no dependents, a burial benefit not exceeding $150. Compensation for disability: (a) Medical and surgical aid for not over 8 weeks, not over $200 in value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.