Memorandum on the Beveridge Report
1943-02 1943 1940s 28 pages Scheme he would get 24/-, a reduction of 11/-. A man and wife would get 40/- as compared with 35/- under the present scheme. If they had one child they would get 48/- as compared with 39/-under the present scheme. We feel that different benefits for those whose disableme...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
February 1943
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| Summary: | 1943-02
1943
1940s
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Scheme he would get 24/-, a reduction of 11/-. A man and wife would get 40/- as compared with 35/- under the present scheme. If they had one child they would get 48/- as compared with 39/-under the present scheme. We feel that different benefits for those whose disablement lasts less than 13 weeks and those whose disablement lasts more, are unjustified and a departure from the principle enunciated by the Report. The workers in especially dangerous industries should have "the assurance of special provisions against their risk." We are therefore in favour of the same rates of benefit being paid for industrial disability, whether it is of long or short duration and suggest that these should be the same as is now proposed in the Report for industrial disablement which lasts longer than 13 weeks. We also suggest that a higher maximum than £3 is necessary. LUMP SUM PAYMENTS The question of lump sum payments under Workmen's Compensation requires fuller treatment than it has been given in the Report. We believe that there is a case of lump sum payments being made to workmen in respect of a disfiguring injury, even if this does not lessen their earning capacity. Facial disfigurement by burns, the loss of a finger, injury resulting in lameness which may not have any effect on the workmen's earnings but they affect him as a human being and compensation should be paid for them. A more difficult problem is that of lump sum payments in settlement of a claim. Where the worker is not adequately represented by a trade union or friendly society, he can often be induced to terminate his claim in return for a lump sum of money, making in many cases a worse bargain than he would have made if he had continued on weekly compensation benefit. 18
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