Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Workmen's Compensation: History and Operation of Workmen's Compensation in Great Britain
The next serious attempt to deal with the subject of accidents to workmen was the introduction by the Conservative Government of a bill which became the workmen's compensation act of 1897. The Government in introducing the bill said: The present law is notoriously inadequate; it fails to compensate for accidents if caused by fellow servants, if contributed to by the in'ured, and if resulting from the risks of occupation; it causes costly litigation, 35 per cent of the amount recovered being legal expenses; it leaves the employer ignorant of what his liability is.
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