Workers’ Compensation for Non-fatal Accidents on Non-fatal Accidents: Review of Hong Kong Court Cases
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Workers’ Compensation for Non-fatal Construction Accidents: Review of Hong Kong Court Cases
Hong Kong is notorious for her high construction accidents rates. Although the accidents rate has dropped from 350 per 1000 workers in mid 1980 to 60 per 1000 workers in 2007, it still accounted for nearly one-fifth of all the industrial accidents in Hong Kong. Contractors were economically pressed and battered by exorbitant compensation over the years. This paper presents a comprehensive study...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Social Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1911-2025,1911-2017
DOI: 10.5539/ass.v5n11p15