Industrial injuries insurance : an examination of British policy / by A.F. Young.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; The International Library of Sociology; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES; 1. AN EXAMINATION OF BRITISH FACTORY ACCIDENTS; The numbers.; Distribution by industry; by age; the problems of old age; youth; by sex; by geography; Factory size and its effect on accidents; The site of the injury; The timing of accidents; Causes of accidents; the human factor; accident-proneness; 2. INDUSTRIAL DISEASES; Pneumoconiosis and byssinosis: 1956 Survey of the pottery industry.

Amount of notifiable industrial disease3. ACCIDENT PREVENTION; State effort; the factory inspectorate; medical factory inspector; Voluntary effort; first aid; accident services; safety promotion; training for safety; safety committee; PART TWO: STATUTORY SYSTEM OF CASH BENEFIT FOR INDUSTRIAL INJURY AND DISEASE; 4. THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACTS, 1897 ONWARDS; After 1897; coverage of personnel; family allowances; diseases; private insurance; 5. WEAKNESSES OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION; The workers' grievances; weekly payment; the lump sum; review of the case; disputes; General criticisms.

Malingeringcosts of compensation; rehabilitation and resettlement; 6. PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM; The Beveridge proposals 1942; The Government proposals 1944; 7. THE NATIONAL INSURANCE (INDUSTRIAL INJURIES) ACT, 1946; Types of benefit; injury benefit; disablement benefit; additional benefits; the gratuity; death benefit; Administrative procedure; 8. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE 1946 SCHEME'S OPERATION; The benefits; injury; disablement; gratuities; additional benefits; importance of the special hardship allowance; Workers' compensation cases; Pneumoconiosis; Death benefits.

General financial provisionsAppeals' tribunals; medical; non-medical; Administration; avoiding mistakes of the past; employers' responsibility; average wage theory; lump sum; unfairness in medical assessment; litigation; malingering; costs of administration; Beveridge principle of 'all in together': anomaly of Class II contributor; 'Funded' scheme; PART THREE: ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES; 9. THE COMMON LAW; Safe place of work; Safe system of working; Competent personnel; Defences: accident inevitable; trespasser; beyond scope of his authority; contributory negligence; 10. STATUTORY DUTIES.

11. REJECTED THEORIESCommon employment; Volenti non fit injuria; Delegation; Election; Contracting out; 12. THE GENERAL POSITION SINCE 1948 -- A SOCIAL ASSESSMENT; The purpose of damages; The problem of the diminution of damages; The alleged increase in the number of cases brought to Court; THE ISSUES; Safety and the financial incentive; Benefit -- a separate national insurance scheme?; The blameworthy -- is civil action the proper method?; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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