The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1913-06-25
NEW SYSTEM OF COMPENSATION
Legislation Enacted Last Spring Gre
ates Industrial Insurance Com
mission.


The legislature which convened a
Carson City this spring enacted a Law
which entirely changes the system o
compensation to employees in tn,
state of Nevada who may be injur
ed while occupied in their employ
ment.
The act creates an Industrial In.
surance Commission. 1t is provided
by the terms of the act that each
employer in the state employing two
or more persons, except household
servants and farm hands, shall pay
into the state treasury percentage
of the payroll of such employer set
forth in the act. The percentage to
be paid ranges from y to per
cent OF the payroll. The amounts
thus paid into the state treasury are
kept separate as an insurance fund.
The law goes into effect on the first
of next month and thereafter any en-
ploye who may be injured shall look
to such insurance fund for eompen-
sation for his injury. and the depen-
dents of any person who may be kill
ed while in such service shall like
wise look to such insurance fund
for compensation for the death of
such employe.
The act provides that either the
employer or employe may reject the
law and not operate under it, but in
order to DO SO such employer or en-
ploye must prepare and file notice
of rejection of the law which is set
forth in the act Any employer who
does not file such notice is presumed
20 be operating under the act and
will be required TO pay the percent
age of the payroll required by the
statute into the state treasury.
Some of the largest mines in the
state have indicated their intentions
10 operate under the law mentioned
and it is thought that practically all
of the employers Of labor in the state
will operate under it.
A similar law has been in opera
ton in the state of Washington since
the summer of 1911, and on April l
of this year the insurance commits
sion of that state made its first re-
port covering an eighteen months
period. The report shows that the
law in establishing better relation
in that state and Il is hoped that
both the employer and the employee
IN Nevada will cooperate to make
the law a success in this state.
A similar law was passed by the
legislature of California at its recent
session.
Heretofore, in case of an injury to
any employe, unless settlement is
made, suit is brought and all de-
lays incident upon passing through
the trial court and perhaps the su-
preme court must be borne by the in-
jured or his relatives. Statistics
show that in the end the injured per-
son or his relatives receive less than
80 per cent OF the amount expend-
ed in the payment of judgments and
the attorneys fees in such cases. The
purpose of the new law referred to
is to give to the injured person a
direct and inexpensive method of re-
eeiving compensation for his injury
without the necessity of long delay
and heavy expenditure for counsel
ices. The employer is likewise bene-
iited in that he is not required to in
cur the expense incident to defense
in personal injury cases, Greater,
however, than financial questions is
the benefit that will come from the
law / establishing a better relation
the employer and the employed than
can possibly exist under the present
system.