Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
NEW COMPENSATION FORMS
Made in Accordance With Amended Act-SpeciaE Blanlsfor Employers of Less Than FiyeMatters of Interest to Insurers.

Of the supply of new forms that has been arranged for the compensation commission. the most important are forms No. IA and No. 3S- Hitherto every case settled by voluntary agree ment between the parties called for the filing with the compensation commis- sioner of two forms, one being form No. 2S, a statement of fact, and the other being form No. Il, an agreement proper. Form No. 2S was for the in- formation of the commissioner in checking the accuracy of the agree ment in its compliance with the terms of the act. 1t was not filed with the clerk of the superior court, but re- mained in the office of the commits sioner for his information and protec- ton.
 Form No. II was the legal instru- ment by virtue of which the employe was enabled to enforce his rights in court. The two foregoing forms have been combined In the new form num- bered as indicated above, LA. While this will impose more work upon the offices of the various commissioners in making the copies, it will be a great convenience and saving of time to in- surance adjusters and employers car rying their own risk. A supply of these forms is available in the offices of the several compensation commissioners.
 Form No. 33 is rendered necessary by the amendment of the act appear ing in section 20. Hitherto the com missioners have had no means of knowing just how much has been paid to each employe under the agreement or award which has been approved or rendered by the commissioner. A copy of the agreement or award was sent to the eInploye and the legislature which passed the original act evidently as- stunned that the employe would enforce his rights when once he had the in strumert in his possession.
 The amended act, however, compels the employer within one week after the last payment has been made to furnish to the commissioner a report giving such statistical information as the commissioner may call for. Form No. s is now available and is to be rendered in the case of all injuries oc- curing after Il o'clock on May 20, 1915, the date and hour at which Gov ernor Holcomb signed the amended act.
 For the "Less Than Elves"
 Forms Nos. 31 and 32 are of inter- est to employers of less than five per- sons. It Is anticipated that very con- siderable number of such employers will prefer to continue under the workmen'S compensation act, and the amended act makes provision therefor Form No. 31 is a combined notice of acceptance and certificate of insurance
  The clerical work in all such cases will probably be done by the insurance company or its agent. Form No. 32 is a similar combination of acceptance o1 the act and certificate of insurance to be served upon the employees.
 Notice of Injury.
 Form No. 29 is a. form for notice of injury to be served upon the employer by the employe. The amended act provides that whenever the employe is injured he shall give notice to his em- ployer of the fact, and if he fails so to do. the compensation may be reduced by the amount in which the commis sioner shall find the employer has been pretudiced by lack of this infor- nation. While 1t will not be neces- sary for the emp1oye to use form No 29 In all cases of injury, verbal no tice probably being sufficient in most cases, the commissioners have deemed it wise to prepare a formal instrument for this purpose.