Definition

Compensation (Labor Law/Administrative Law) - (Latin: compensationem, Tr: tazminat, Ro: compensare, Es:  compensación, Gr: αποζημίωση,  Fr: compensation) (see also: indemnity,  guerdon, amends, commutation payment, atonement, redemption, recompense) = a payment for work done but not actually synonynous with base salary. It also can be the payment for damages, injury, loss that which is essential to restore the damaged part to his former position.

 

Useful Links:

Legislation:

https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_ILO_CODE:C017 (C017 - Workmen's Compensation (Accidents) Convention, 1925 (No. 17) - Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Accidents (Entry into force: 01 Apr 1927), Geneva –English)

https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_ILO_CODE:R025 (R025 - Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Recommendation, 1925 (No. 25) - Recommendation concerning Equality of Treatment for National and Foreign Workers as regards Workmen's Compensation for Accidents, Geneva – English)

Australia

https://www.legislation.act.gov.au/View/a/1951-2/current/PDF/1951-2.PDF  (Workers Compensation Act, 1951 – English)

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2012C00059 (Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, 1988 – English)

Canada

https://www.canlii.org/en/nt/laws/stat/snwt-2007-c-21/latest/snwt-2007-c-21.pdf (Workers' Compensation Act, 2007 – English and French)

 https://www.canlii.org/en/nt/laws/regu/nwt-reg-080-2010/latest/part-1/nwt-reg-080-2010-part-1.pdf (WORKERS’ COMPENSATION GENERAL REGULATIONS, 2010 – English and French)

United Kingdom

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/29/pdfs/ukpga_20060029_en.pdf (Compensation Act 2006 – English)

Finland & Sweden

https://tem.fi/documents/1410877/5263154/C+121+Annex+I.pdf/1ccbb192-79b7-4f20-9035-8c3d65a38df2/C+121+Annex+I.pdf.pdf (Workers' Compensation Act, 2015 – English translation)

European Union

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12012E/TXT&from=EN (THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 2012, English)

https://www.eesc.europa.eu/resources/docs/community-charter--en.pdf (Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, 1989, English)

United States

https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=&SID=10f50877082f08568d40dbfeaf119853&mc=true&r=PART&n=pt29.3.778#sg29.3.778_1200.sg3 (Title 29 Labor, PART 778—OVERTIME COMPENSATION – English)

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/epa.cfm (The Equal Pay Act of 1963, English)

https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, English)

 

Online Publications:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267658/ (Ladou J., The European influence on workers' compensation reform in the United States, 2011 - English)

https://orca.cf.ac.uk/26855/1/Lewis%202012.pdf (Lewis Richard, Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: England and Wales, 2012 - English)

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/the-delaying-of-workmens-compensation-in-ghana-review-article-2329-6879.1000155.pdf (Norman Ishmael D , London Leslie , Aikins Moses S  and Binka Fred N, The Delaying of Workmen’s Compensation in Ghana: Review Article, 2014 - English)

 

Organisations & Associations:

https://www.ilo.org (International Labour Organization - ILO)

http://www.fairlabor.org/ (Fair Labor Association - FLA)

 

Case Law:

United States

https://law.justia.com/cases/west-virginia/supreme-court/1972/13198-3.html (Nyle Fulton SMITH v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER, and Union Carbide Corporation, 1972 – English)

https://www.nj.gov/labor/forms_pdfs/wc/pdf/StancilvACEUSA.pdf (WADE STANCIL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ACE USA, Defendant-Respondent, 2012 – English)

http://njlaw.rutgers.edu/collections/courts/supreme/a-10-07.doc.html (PATRICIA MORELLA, Petitioner-Respondent, v. GRAND UNION COMPANY/NEW JERSEY SELF-INSURERS GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Respondent-Appellant. 2008 – English)

United Kingdom

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c6bee5fe5274a72c19f7c94/Mrs_O_F_Renowden_v_Office_for_National_Statistice_-_1600622.2017_-_Judgment.pdf (CLAIMANT, MRS O F RENOWDEN V. RESPONDENT OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS, 2019 – English)

 

Publications:

Duff, C. Michael, 2013, Workers' Compensation Law: A Context and Practice Casebook (Contest and Practice), Carolina Academic Press, English.

Bevans, Neal R., 2008, Workers' Compensation Law, Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition, English.

 

 

By Özlem NİŞANCIOĞLU