Labour Laws · Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923
Under the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 (formerly Workmen's Compensation Act), which of the following statements correctly defines the dependency criteria for compensation in case of a worker's fatal injury?
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- 1It determines eligibility for compensation based on a relative's reliance on the deceased worker's earnings, including a widow, children, and specified dependent relatives.✓
- 2It restricts the claim of compensation solely to the worker's parents if they are living in the same household at the time of the accident.
- 3It allows compensation to be distributed equally among all surviving family members regardless of their financial reliance on the worker.
- 4It provides compensation only to legal heirs who possess a registered succession certificate from a civil court.
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It determines eligibility for compensation based on a relative's reliance on the deceased worker's earnings, including a widow, children, and specified dependent relatives.
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