Workmens Accident Insurance In Germany

Author : Ferdinand Friedensburg
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ISBN 13 : 9781331253372
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book The German System, of Workmen's Insurance in Practice (Classic Reprint) written by Ferdinand Friedensburg and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The German System, of Workmen's Insurance in Practice The Imperial Message of November 17, 1881, so to speak the "Magna Charta" of the "right to labour," and the programme for the realization of this right, together with the material of the various laws and the discussions of the Reichstag, does not allow of the slightest doubt as to the bases on which the system of working-men's insurance has to be erected. "By collecting the real forces of the life of the people in the form of co-operative associations and State protection," it was intended to provide "State provision" for workingmen who either by illness, accident, invalidity or old age had become incapable of gaining their livelihood, for their families and their relicts. Properly speaking no new rights were created thereby. There had always been existing corporations for the furtherance of the best of their members, which enjoyed - like all other similar corporations - the protection of the State (and sometimes perhaps more of it than they cared for) in the form of State supervision. The interpretation of "provision," even the word itself used in this sense (Fursorge) was not new. Already the Prussian "Common Law " (Allgemeine Landrecht) spoke of a special "providential care" of the State, which was due to such persons who were not able to provide for themselves. The "Servants' Regulations," 1810 (Gesindeordnung), impose upon employers under certain circumstances the duty of "providential care" of servants who have fallen ill. Similar expressions are to be found in the poor-laws of 1842 and 1855, and in the regulations of pensions for civil servants, 1842. The latter, almost word for word the same as the "Message" of 1881, recognizes that it is a special duty of the State to regulate the position of civil servants and to secure their future. The Law referring to insurance in case of sickness prefers the expression "assistance" (Unterstutzung) which is equally to be found in the "Common Law " (Allgemeine Landrecht). The same term is used by the Imperial Law of June 6, 1870, with reference to the domicile of the persons who have to receive support, and in the Imperial Trade Regulations (Reichsgewerbeordnung). It is noteworthy that the Marine Accident Insurance Law uses the term "provision" to indicate the support to which sailors are entitled according to the Commercial Law Code (Handelsgesetzbueh) and the Marine Law Code (Seemannsordnung). The only new aspect of the right thus created was to be found in the collection and welding together of the various ideas and their component parts. 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."