Amendment of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for introducing the Workmen’s Compensation (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in Parliament.

The Amendment Bill with give the following benefits :

i) to give effect to the recommendations of the Second Commission on Labour to substitute the term ‘employee’ for the term ‘workmen’.

ii) To change the name of the Act to make it gender neutral;

iii) To remove the restrictive clauses in Schedule II to make the Act applicable to all classes of employees;

iv) To enable the Central Government to revise the wage ceiling and enhancement of funeral expenses from time to time.

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