Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-19

difference between employees average weekly wage
and weekly wage he is most probably able to earn
thereafter, but not morethan ten dollars week,
There is in addition to the above, series OF pro-
visions explaining and simplifying the rules
providing for trusteeships for dependents in OF
death Of the emplOye for arbitration OF claims for
right Of appeal TO the supreme court questions OF
law, etc.
PANAMA CANAL ACT .:-. ,....
If an employe is injured he receives no compen-
sa1on for the first five days of disability If he is
totally disabled, he receives monthly compensation
equal to one-haf of his monthly pay for period not
exceeding six years After the sx-year period, dur
ing the continuance Of the disability, he receives
monthly compensation of from twenty-five to forty
per cent of his monthly pay. If he is only partially
disabled that it is possible for him to continue
return to>work at lower wage, he receives month
ly compensation of one-haf the difference between
his old monthly pay and his rate of wages.
There is similar reduction in the rate of compen-
sation after six years. If the disability continue so
long. In case of the death of an empoye result
of injury received while at work, those dependent
upon him receive various rates of compensation de-
pending upon the closeness of the relationship. A
widow, for instance, without children, will receive
thirty-fVe per cent of her husbands wages for six
years and twenty thirty per cent thereafter
provided she was wholly dependent upon her hus-
band for support. If there children, there will
also be paid ten per cent of the employees wages for
each child; the compensation, however paid to the
half Of the wages. Proportionate rates are estab-
lished for orphaned children and other relatives who
may have been wholly or partially dependent In
the case Of the remote relationships, however.
compensation is not paid if there are living others
closely related -.t.. =. .......4 >.....
UNIFORM LEGISLATION ACT III -.
For death the employer shall, in addition to any
other compensation, pay the reasonable expenses of
the employees last sickness and burial not to exceed
500. If the empoye leaves dependents this shall
be the only compensation. .-.<.= .". ...*:=.
(b) If the workman a. leaves widow, ~
leaves female unmarried child under twenty lone
years of age male child under eighteen years of
age (2J leaves any person or persons wholly de-
pendent upon him, the compensation shall be sum
equal to POS times his average weekly wages; in
case however, shall such sum be more than three
thousand dollars or less than one thousand dollars;
and the amount of any compensation paid under this
act before DEATH including any amounts paid under
section 20 shall be deducted therefrom.
(c) II the workman does not leave "a a widow, or
(2) female unmarried child under twenty-one years
of age a male child under eighteen years of age,
CT go any person persons wholly dependent upon
him, but leaves any person or persons in part de-
pendent upon him, the compensation shall be such
portion of the amount payable under paragraph tb)
of this section may be proportonate to the loss
support by the said person persons in part de-
pendent. ".=
Sectn 81 Where the injury Iauses total incapac-
ity for work the employer, during such incapacity
and for period of ten years beginning on the fiji
teenth day of such incapacty, shall pay the injured
empoye weekly compensation equal to one-half his
average weekly wages, but not more than ten dol
lars, less than four dollars week. In no case
shall the weekly payments continue after the inca
pacty ends. In of an employee whose average
weekly wages are less than four dollars a week the
weekly compensation shall be the full amount of such
average weekly wages. In the of the following
injuries the incapacity caused thereby shall be
deemed total and permanent, to-wit: Ill.
% The total and permanent loss of sight in both
eyes #@ 4 ..%.@ II. IT,. ~
(2) The loss of both feet at or above the ankle.
go The loss of both hands at above the wrist
(4) The loss of one hand and one foot.
go An injury to the spine resulting in perma-
nent and complete paralysis of the legs arms.
CD An injury to the skull resulting in incurable
imbecility or insanity. -. Il: e-.:"..
The above enumeration is not to be taken as ex-
elusive j".. - ~:#
Section % Where the injury causes partial in
capacity for work, the employer, during such inca
pacty and for period of six years beginning on the
fifteenth day of such ncapacity, shall pay the in
jured workman a weekly compensation equal to one
half the difference between his average weekly wages
before the accident and the weekly wages he is most
probably able to thereafter, but not more than
ten dollars week. In no case shall the weekly pay
ments continue after the incapacity ends, and in
the partial ncapacity begins after period of total
ncapacity the period of total ncapacity shall be de-
Quoted from such period of six years. In the case
of the following injuries the compensation shall be
one-half of the average weekly wages to be paid
weekly for the periods stated against such injuries
respectively, to-wit: .s' ~
ID The loss by separation of at or
above the elbow joint the permanent and complete
loss of the use of one arm, 312 weeks. 1...-".
90 The permanent and complete loss of hearing
in both ears 312 weeks ..-.. ..5.-
go The loss by separation of hand at or
above the wrist joint the permanent and complete
loss of the use of hand, 247 weeks. -. H. :.
ca The loss by separation of one leg at above
the knee joint, the permanent and complete loss
OF the of one leg, 2S6 weeks. -.~...s
t5) The loss by separation of one foot at above
the ankle Joint or the permanent and complee loss