Show KNERR TALKS ON LABOR LAW LAWa a- a Declares Workmen's s Compensation Com Coni- Law Lav Has Been of Great Benefit WHAT fIAT CO COMMISSION I HAS lIAS ACCOMPLISHED Handicapped 1 by hy Lack Lad of Funds to Institute Vigorous Vig Vig- rig orous Safety Measures After r a 3 years year's existence the thc workmen's work work- mens men's compensation law passed by thelast tho the last Legislature has proved cd of or great t benefit to the thc worl working men of oC Utah according to William Wiliiam M. M I nerr chairman chairman chair chair- man of oC the Utah state slate industrial rom coin mission which has charge o of the workings work work- tugs ings of that law The la law became op operative July 1 of or last year ear but the thC present commission was wan appointed ear early In March From March to July of oC last year the members o of the commission commission com corn mission made nn an Intensive study of oC the tho workings of or th the law In Ith other r states visiting visiting- several Including California The California Cal law accor according to Mr Knerr f s the ideal compensation law ln lawand and has served as a pattern for or other states including Utah The Utah compensation laws are divided Into three parts said Mr Knorr Knerr First hI safety or ur the tho tion of accidents second the caro aro and cure curc of or those injured and the tho protection protection tion of oC the rl rights of or those left behind when the tho victims of accident or dl disease dis dis- ease nse die of or their Injuries and third h. h no n nn 11 I I L lilt lie Vii Pit Ul ers erl fall fail or refuse to n compensate them for tOI services lInke performed Workmen compensation measure measures were among the time big things that the time thelast Jn last t Legislature passed said Mr Ir Knerr because c the they granted to tIme tho worker a l commission t to protect hl his hla rights Through time the passage of or th time tho compensation law the th lie Industrial ron com commission mission omission has been able to collect wages wae that the worker would never h have he e been able to obtain without the lie aid of oC the tho commission and Injured workmen have ha hae e received recel benefits the they could not ha o obtained without resource to law Time The commission has been handicapped handicapped handi Imandi- capped however howe s said Mr Ir Knerr h bv jy lack u of funds to Institute vigorous safet safety first t mea measures lures The Tho compensation tion act Is divided Into three parts First the prevention of or accidents se e C ond th Ume UH cue care and cure cur o of those In Injured Iii Iii- and al p the time protection o of time the rights o of those hoMe left leet behind when victims vie vic tims of or accident die and third thin the pa pay or compensation of or those whose employers employers em em- refuse or fall fail to pa pay Time The compensation law enables workers work work- ers ens to obtain relief relict from Crom many o of the III Ills that thc they suffered in silence s be ho- fore Core The They arc are are arc now backed backe b by the commission lon when their employers re refuse refuse reule re- re fuse ule to pay them The Industrial commission com corn mission Is la now enabled to settle man many o of the troubles without without without with with- out resort to law and In tho time case cao of or those injured while at work the in industrial industrial In- In commission has hus In man many cases collected evidence and obtained witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses without charge to the thc workers Some o of the tIme measures that will win como come before the time next Legislature In behalf of the tho protection to the workmen arean arean are arean an Increase of or the Sl a week maximum maxi mum Um of oC sick or accident benefit also tho time raisin raising of or the 55 5 per cent benefit The limit In California Is 21 i a a. week for Cor sick benefit or 65 per cent The medical limit o of a maximum is also a mistake for tor It takes take double that thatto to caro for Cor a man who is seriously Injured In carrying out the provisions of or time the compensation law the first year ear earo o of it Its operation has proved pro a blessing to hundreds o of workers and with the tho added benefits which It Is hoped the next Legislature will vill give Sl them It Is hoped that Utah can forge torge ahead In these lines until she sue stands side by side with Call California Cornia time the Ideal of all aU the time states In this line hue concluded Mr Ir Knorr Knerr err |