Work-injury. Introduction year of first federal law.
| Quick info | |
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| Data type | Date |
| Scale | Date |
| Value labels | Not Applicable |
| Technical name | labor_workinjury_firstlaw |
| Category | Work-Injury |
| Label | Work-injury introduction of first federal law |
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The year of introduction of the first law of any kind by a national government that applied to blue-collar, industrial workers (e.g., miners, railroad workers). Even if it covered limited geographic or occupational segments. It must be a sufficient extension of common or civic law with special provisions through which workers can get due process, insurance or some other form of claims (institutionalized 'forma pauperis' or legal requirement to report all accidents to authorities for example) beyond an abstract principle of employer liability that is generally unenforceable. Laws applying to civil servants, military, or seamen are excluded. In cases of colonialism, colonial laws count as first laws for this variable. See labor_workinjury_firstnat for the first law as an independent nation.
Coding rules
Effective year, not necessarily year in practice. We attempted to read the law in its original form, often found in ILO or US Dept of Labor documents. Sometimes not possible without available translations or difficulty in understanding the meaning of the legal language. Relied on secondary sources otherwise, ideally the ILO or journal articles. Laws covering civil servants, military, and seamen excluded from "first law" coding. In cases of colonialism, colonial laws count as first laws. Note that there are many peculiarities in some countries, and we plan a Technical Paper for the paper series to explain these.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Breznau, Nate and Felix Lanver. "The Global Introduction of Work-Injury Law Data". Working Database Project within the SFB 1342, Project A02.
Related publications: related publications
Misc
Project manager(s): Herbert Obinger, Carina Schmitt and Laura Seelkopf
Data release: Beta 1.0
Revisions: revisions
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