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... question- able whether it has not had the opposite effect , some of the work- men being as much opposed to it as the employers are . The Conservative Government were , however , more happy in legislating for the working classes , and in ...
... question- able whether it has not had the opposite effect , some of the work- men being as much opposed to it as the employers are . The Conservative Government were , however , more happy in legislating for the working classes , and in ...
Page 32
... question between the lunatic and his servant whether the former is bound to pay the latter's wages , the answer will , except under special circumstances implying the contrary , be in the affirmative ; for although , strictly speaking ...
... question between the lunatic and his servant whether the former is bound to pay the latter's wages , the answer will , except under special circumstances implying the contrary , be in the affirmative ; for although , strictly speaking ...
Page 39
... questions as to when the service was to begin , its duration , and how it was to be put an end to ; but there is no reason why the contract should not be a verbal one , unless the term of service agreed on is for more than a year , in ...
... questions as to when the service was to begin , its duration , and how it was to be put an end to ; but there is no reason why the contract should not be a verbal one , unless the term of service agreed on is for more than a year , in ...
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... questions have to be answered and references given before the guarantee of the Society can be obtained . The rates vary according to the nature of the employment . It is usual for many masters , besides requiring their clerks to find ...
... questions have to be answered and references given before the guarantee of the Society can be obtained . The rates vary according to the nature of the employment . It is usual for many masters , besides requiring their clerks to find ...
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... question of overcrowding will depend greatly upon the construction of the rooms and the work carried on ; but , generally speaking , each workman is entitled to at least two hundred and fifty cubic feet of space . By this and former ...
... question of overcrowding will depend greatly upon the construction of the rooms and the work carried on ; but , generally speaking , each workman is entitled to at least two hundred and fifty cubic feet of space . By this and former ...
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Page 167 - The notice may also be served by post by a registered letter addressed to the person on whom it is to be served at his last known place of residence or place of business, and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post...
Page 164 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has any superintendence entrusted to him whilst in the exercise of such superintendence...
Page 19 - ... unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 112 - ... the workman, or in case the injury results in death, the legal personal representatives of the workman, and any person entitled in case of death, shall have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the workman had not been a workman of nor in the service of the employer nor engaged in his work.
Page 148 - And the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 164 - In any case where the workman knew of the defect or negligence which caused his injury, and failed within a reasonable time to give, or cause to be given, information thereof to the employer or some person superior to himself in the service of the employer, unless he was aware that the employer or such superior already knew of the said defect or negligence.
Page 108 - The expression workman does not include a domestic or menial servant, but, save as aforesaid, means any person who, being a labourer, servant in husbandry, journeyman, artificer, handicraftsman, miner, or otherwise engaged in manual labour...
Page 111 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Page 165 - An action for the recovery under this Act of compensation for an injury shall not be maintainable unless notice that injury has been sustained is given within six weeks and the action is commenced within six months from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury...
Page 166 - ... assessors may be appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of compensation. (3.) For the purpose of regulating the conditions and mode of appointment and remuneration of such" assessors, and all matters of procedure relating to their duties, and also for the purpose of consolidating any actions under this Act in a county court, and otherwise preventing multiplicity of such actions, rules and regulations may be made, varied, and repealed from time to time in the same manner as rules...