Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-27
ACCIDENTS TO FRENCHMEN
Main Points Of Curious Law Effec
in France.

| Main Points Of a Curious Law Enecl
in France.
Accidents occurring in the course OF
workmen and employees in the fol-
lowing occupations: Building, work
shops, yard work, manufactures,
transportation by land and water,
loading or unloading ships, mines,
uuarries. and every operation, in
or in part, in which are manufactured
or handled explosive materials or in
which use is made of motor power
other than that of man or animals
give the victim, or those depending di-
rectly upon him, right to indemnity
at the expense Of the head Of the en-
terprise, on condition that the inter
ruptfon of work exceeds four days.
For actual and permanent incapacity
| a pension equal to tWo-thirds the an
nual wages Of the incapacitated; for
partial but permanent incapacity, to
one-half the difference between his
regular salary and his reduced salary
occasioned by the accident; for tenn
porary incapacity, daily indemnity Of
one-half the wages of the incapac1tat-
| ed at the time o. the accident, the in
deennity beginning on the fifth day
after the accident.
When the accident proves fatal a
pension is allotted on the following
conditions to the persons stated:
ca A life pension, equal to 20 per
cent. of the annual wages Of the vic
tim, to the surviving widow Cor
widower) who is neither divorced nor
separated, the marriage to have been
! cOnsummated prior to the accident.
| Should the widow marry she fOrfeits
her right to this pension, but will be
allotted three times the amount Of her
annual pension in one sum as final
adjustment.
OBJ For the children. legitimate or
natural, recognized before lie acct
| dent. orphans of father or mother,
under sixteen years of age, pensions.
calculated on the annual wages Of the
victim, of Is per cent. of those wages
| in the case of only one child, % per
cent. if there are two children, 95 per
cent. if there are three children, and
40 per cent. for four or more children.
For children deprived Of both parents
the pension is 20 per cent. for each
child, but cannot exceed in the ag-
gregate SO per cent.
(c) If the victim leaves neither
/ widow nor children, as per (a) and
| (b(, each Of the ascendants who de-
pended on him will receive a life
pension, and the descendants a pen
sion I'D to sixteen years. This pension
will be equal to 10 per cent. of the
annual wages of the victim, but in no
case can it exceed 80 per cent.
The pensions allowed in virtue of
the present law are payable quarterly.
and cannot be transferred, nor are
they subject to seizure.
Foreign workmen victims of acct
dents in France who cease to reside in
French territory will receive as total
indemnity an amount equal to three
years pension; members Of their
families not resident in French ter
ritory at the time of the accident will
receive no indemnity.
/ Employers are also held responsible
for medical, pharmaceutical and fu-
neral expenses. The maximum fu-
neral expenses cannot exceed 10C
francs $1,000.
EMPLOYERS can relieve themselves
during the thirty, sixty or ninety days
following accidents, Of the obligations
Of paying TO the victims the expenses
of the accidents and the temporary in
IDENTITIES or parts only Of these in
IDENTITIES. as specified herewith fol
lowing, if they can show
(a) That their workmen have Joined
a mutual-aid society and they (the
employers have paid their share o.
the subscriptions to such society b!
mutual agreement; but such share
shall never be less than one-third tht
total subscriptions.
(b) That such society assure it!
members, in case of accidents, during
thirty, sixty or ninety days, medica
care and daily indemnity. If sucl
. indemnity is less than one-half thu
daily wages of the injured the en-
: ployers must make good the difference
: Full pensions and indemnities ar
: allowed on wages amounting to 2,40
| francs 1853. 20l per annum: on al
: wages above that sum pensions AM
indemnities are calculated 81 the rat
of one-fourth the regular allowances.
s The workmen are well pleased at tn
: guarantees given them in this law
' But it is feared that the result vii
not be entirely to their benefit, as en-