Bulletin of the Department of Labor, Issue 22, Parts 92-94U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - Labor |
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... compared with previous years back to 1890 .. 317-327 Prices of commodities , by months , January , 1900 , to ... compared ...... 510-512 Hours of labor .... 512-514 United States ..... 512 , 513 United States and England and Wales ...
... compared with previous years back to 1890 .. 317-327 Prices of commodities , by months , January , 1900 , to ... compared ...... 510-512 Hours of labor .... 512-514 United States ..... 512 , 513 United States and England and Wales ...
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... comparable with the data pub- lished in the succeeding reports . The accident insurance system began operations October 1 , 1885 , and as soon as the system had been in operation for a little more than two years the first detailed study ...
... comparable with the data pub- lished in the succeeding reports . The accident insurance system began operations October 1 , 1885 , and as soon as the system had been in operation for a little more than two years the first detailed study ...
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... compared with 4.73 per cent for the other five days of the week , or slightly higher than the average . The higher rate on Monday morning was conspicuous during the early part of the forenoon . In 1897 the per cent of accidents ...
... compared with 4.73 per cent for the other five days of the week , or slightly higher than the average . The higher rate on Monday morning was conspicuous during the early part of the forenoon . In 1897 the per cent of accidents ...
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... compared with 4.37 per cent on the other five days of the week , or a difference of 0.11 per cent ; in the period 6 to 9 p . m . , however , the proportion on Saturday was 1.45 per cent , while on the other five days it was 1.56 per ...
... compared with 4.37 per cent on the other five days of the week , or a difference of 0.11 per cent ; in the period 6 to 9 p . m . , however , the proportion on Saturday was 1.45 per cent , while on the other five days it was 1.56 per ...
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... compared with 37.92 per cent in 1897 , while wounds , frac- tures , etc. , of the legs comprised 26.02 per cent in 1907 as compared with 25.21 per cent in 1897. There is a tendency therefore toward a more even distribution of the ...
... compared with 37.92 per cent in 1897 , while wounds , frac- tures , etc. , of the legs comprised 26.02 per cent in 1907 as compared with 25.21 per cent in 1897. There is a tendency therefore toward a more even distribution of the ...
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1,000 full-time workers accident occurred ACTUAL AND RELATIVE apply arbitration Asso association average price Average Rela building trades cause cent of injured CENT OF PERSONS Chimney sweeping claim common law contributory negligence court dependents disputes drayage earning power employed employees thrown employer employment examination filing Goodyear welt industrial accidents industry group injured employee injured persons JANUARY TO DECEMBER judgment July June KILLED OR INJURED labor lead poisoning liability loss of earning ment month navigation negligence notice number of persons number of strikes paid party payable pensions period personal injury PERSONS KILLED plaintiff in error ployees price per tive PRICES OF COMMODITIES proportion quotations railroad railways RELATIVE PRICES Sept statute strikers strikes and lockouts textile thereof tion tive price total number wages week weekly payment York
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Page 171 - Provided that: — (a) The employer shall not be liable under this act in respect of any injury which does not disable the workman for a period of at least two weeks from earning full wages at the work at which he was employed...
Page 120 - ... employment by the same employer shall be taken to mean employment by the same employer in the grade in which the workman was employed at the time of the accident...
Page 257 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Page 166 - In case of disobedience on the part of any person or persons to comply with any order of the commission or any commissioner or any subpoena, or on the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, it shall be the duty of the circuit court •of any county, or the judge thereof, on application of a commissioner, to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from...
Page 109 - It may be said in a general way that the police power extends to all the great public needs. ... It may be put forth in aid of what is sanctioned by usage, or held by the prevailing morality or strong and preponderant opinion to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.
Page 145 - Every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, including aliens, and also including minors who are legally permitted to work under the laws of the state...
Page 162 - Such commission shall not be bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence or by any technical or formal rules of procedure, other than as herein provided; but may make the investigation in such manner as in its judgment is best calculated to ascertain the substantial rights of the parties and to carry out justly the spirit of this act...
Page 261 - To justify the State in thus interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear first that the interests of the public generally, as distinguished from those of a particular class, require such interference; and second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
Page 269 - ... the exercise of the police power of the State shall never be abridged or so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to infringe the equal rights of individuals or the general well-being of the State.
Page 281 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has any superintendence entrusted to him whilst in the exercise of such superintendence...