United States Employees' Compensation Act Amendments: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on S. 239, S. 800, S. 1245, and S. 1287, Bills Relative to United States Employees' Compensation Act Amendments, June 13 and 14, 1949Considers legislation to increase disability compensation benefits of Federal employees. |
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accident Actual wage addition to compensation Administrator amended 5 U. S. C. amended to read American Federation average annual earnings binocular vision centum Chairman children until 18 Civil employees clause compensation for temporary compensation laws Congress disability compensation disabled employee ELDEAN Employees Compensation Act enactment EWING exceed Federal Employees Federal Security Agency further amended House committee increased injured employee KEATING LEET legislation letter carrier Limit of pay married workman Maxi maximum benefits MCCAULEY members or functions Menominee Indian Reservation ment metal trades department minimum month nonlisted disability North Dakota paid pensation percent Period of disability permanent partial disability ployees Post Office postal postmasters present law President proposed Puerto Rico read as follows receive retroactive salary scheduled injuries section 11 Senator DOUGLAS sick leave specified subcommittee subsection temporary total disability tion United States Employees vocational rehabilitation wage if less wage-earning capacity weeks for nonlisted widow WRIGHT
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Page 1 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 12 - ... are computed with reference to the nature of the injury without regard to the period the employee is absent from work.
Page 4 - That if at the time the disability begins the employee has annual or sick leave to his credit he may, subject to the approval of the head of the department, use such leave until it is exhausted, in which case his compensation shall begin on the fourth day of disability after the annual or sick leave has ceased.
Page 66 - The Board shall perform the duties Imposed upon it by this act and shall also have the duty of studying and making recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy concerning old age pensions, unemployment compensation, accident compensation, and related subjects.
Page 9 - ... persons rendering personal services of a kind similar to those of civilian officers or employees of the United States to any department, independent establishment, or agency thereof (including instrumentalities of the United States wholly owned by it), without compensation or for nominal compensation, in any case in which acceptance or use of such services is authorized by an act of Congress or in which provision is made by law for payment of the travel or other expenses of such person.
Page 4 - That if the disability is total the United States shall pay to the disabled employee during such disability a monthly compensation equal to sixty-six and two-thirds per centum of his monthly pay, except as hereinafter provided.
Page 11 - ... his average annual earnings shall consist of three hundred times the average daily wage or salary which an employee of the same class working substantially the whole of such immediately preceding year in the same or in a similar employment in the same or a neighboring place shall have earned in such employment during the days when so employed; 3.
Page 5 - In any case in which there shall be a loss or loss of use of more than one member...
Page 3 - ... any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of office of the members first taking office after the date of the enactment of this Act...
Page 10 - ... and of other employees of the same or most similar class working in the same or most similar employment in the same or neighboring locality, shall reasonably represent the annual earning capacity of the injured employee in the employment in which he was working at the time of the accident.