The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-19
MISREPRESENTATION
ITS CHIEF PROVISIONS
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS LAW AP-
PLIES TO ALL EMPLOYERS
IN THE STATE.

There il no section of the state OF
Idaho in which the people are more
generally directly interested in the OPP
Grafton of the workmen's compensation
law. enacted by the last legislature,
than here in the Occur d'Alene min
ing district. For that reason the fol-
lowing authorized statement from Z.
o. Broxon, the newly appointed state
insurance manager, pointing out the
essential features of the law, contains
information of special value at this
time:
The Exceptions.
All employers of labor in the state
of Idaho, except those engaged In ag-
ricultural pursuits and employers OF
household domestic laborers and one
or two other minor exemptions, must
secure compensation to their employees
for medical and hospital attention and
for loss of time and wages by rea-
son of accidents arising out of and In
course of any such employment.
This is requirement of the Work.
mems Compensation law enacted by
the legislature last winter. That part
of the law requiring the securing or
insuring the payment of this compen-
sation and medical care became effec-
tive July l. The part of the law pro-
viding for making payment to en-
ployes does not become effective until
January l of next year.
Names Of Employers.
The official who will have the duty
of seeing that all employers Of labor
make adequate provision for paying
losses sustained by their employees is
the state insurance manager. In order
that he may perform these duties il
becomes necessary that he should
know the name and address of every
employer of labor of every kind COM
ing under the provisions Of the law
1t will be impossible for him to Sc
many instances unless such employers
of labor write to him for information
pertaining to this new law. Every
employer of labor, therefore, in Idaho
is asked to address a letter or postal
card to the state insurance manager
Boise, Idaho. giving the name and ad-
dress of such employer. As soon as
the necessary literature can be pre-
pared and mailed. employers will be
furnished with a synopsis of the law
and full information of its application
to them.
Penalty for Non Compliance.
The law applies to every lawyer who
may employ a stenographer, to every
merchant, every baker, barber, printer
contractor, builder, plumber, steam
electric and interurban railway CON-
pany, theatre, moving picture opera
tor, and to every village, school dis
trict, irrigation district town, city and
county in the state as well as to all
others Stringent penalties are pro-
vided for those who fail to make legal
provision for securing payment and
therefore, 1t becomes important that
every employer Of labor, whether such
employment is of many employees or OF
but single workman, should see that
his name or that of his firm or cor
poration in which he is interested is
furnished to the state insurance man
ager. at the earliest time possible.
Employees, being vitality interested In
the success of the new law. are re-
quested to address the state insurance
manager at Boise postal card giving
the name of their employer thus in
creasing the assurance that the names
of employers may reach his office in
case employers should neglect to
write.