A Bill to make provision for the creation of an employers’ liability insurance bureau comprising an electronic database and a fund of last resort; to make provision about employers’ liability insurance; and for connected purposes
The Bill would:establish an employers’ liability insurance bureau to manage a compensation scheme for the benefit of employeesestablish a scheme funded by a levy on employers for compensating employees who have suffered personal injury or disease caused by an employer under circumstances where there is no employers’ liability insurance against which claims could be made.
House of Commons
9 November 2009
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This bill would create an Employers’ Liability Insurance Bureau to run a compensation scheme for employees. It would also set up an electronic database and a fund of last resort, paid for by a levy on employers, to compensate workers who suffer injury or disease caused by an employer when there is no existing employers’ liability insurance to claim against.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. The first reading was on 26 January 2009, and it has progressed to the current stage in the Commons.
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26 Jan 2009
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 26 January. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Mr Andrew Dismore.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
