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EVIDENCE submitted by the National Federation of Professional Workers before the Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation on May 16 calls for a revision of the maximum benefits payable and attaches great importance to replacing the flat rate maximum by payments proportionately related to earnings already recognized in the payments for partial incapacity. It was also urged that there is no justification for such a salary limit as exists at present. The Federation expressed the opinion that extension of the salary limit or its entire elimination would not upset the structure or balance of the Act. It was further urged that compulsory insurance should be extended to all classes of employment and the doctrine of common employment abolished as a defence against claims under the common law.
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Causes of Accidents in Factories. Nature 146, 259 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146259a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/146259a0