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The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. § 51 et seq. (1908), is a United States federal law that protects and compensates railroaders injured on the job.
Workers' compensation (which formerly was known as workmen's compensation until the name was changed to make it gender neutral) in the United States is a primarily state-based [1] system of workers' compensation . In the United States, some form of workers compensation is typically compulsory for almost all employers in most states (depending ...
April 22, 1908: Federal Employers Liability Act, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 60–100, 35 Stat. 65 May 30, 1908: Aldrich–Vreeland Act , Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 60–169 , 35 Stat. 546
1st: December 2, 1907 – May 30, 1908. 2nd: December 7, 1908 – March 3, 1909. The 60th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907, to March 4, 1909 ...
The tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress ( NIED) is a controversial cause of action, which is available in nearly all U.S. states but is severely constrained and limited in the majority of them. The underlying concept is that one has a legal duty to use reasonable care to avoid causing emotional distress to another individual.
The Federal Employers Liability Act of 1908. The Federal Employee's Compensation Act of 1908 provided workers' compensation for a number of federal employees. Legislation was introduced (1902) that expanded the scientific work of the Acoustic Laboratory and appropriated a budget specific to the laboratory's work.
Labor Day Parade, float of Women's Trade Union League, New York, 1908 September 7 1908 (United States) The Federal Employers' Liability Act was passed. Also that year, the Erdman Act was further weakened by the Supreme Court when Section 10, related to use of "yellow dog" contracts, was declared unconstitutional (see 1898). 1908 (United States)
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), is a United States federal law, enacted on September 7, 1916. [1] [2] [3] Sponsored by Sen. John W. Kern (D) of Indiana and Rep. Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) of Maine, it established compensation to federal civil service employees for wages lost due to job-related injuries.