Accident Insurance Act (German Reich)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Accident Insurance Act |
| Type: | Imperial Law |
| Scope: | German Empire |
| Legal matter: | Social law |
| Issued on: | July 6, 1884 ( RGBl. P. 69) |
| Entry into force on: | July 9, 1884 - October 1, 1885 |
| Expiry: | from July 19, 1911 (Art. 104 G of July 19, 1911 , RGBl. pp. 509, 860) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Accident Insurance Act of 1884 established statutory accident insurance as the second branch of German social insurance .
The law insured workers and low-income company officials in mines, processing plants, graves, salt pans, quarries, in shipyards and construction yards as well as in factories and smelting works against accidents at work . Workers and factory officials of certain construction companies and the chimney sweep trade also enjoyed insurance cover.
The law authorized and obliged the concerned entrepreneurs , professional associations to found. The employers' liability insurance associations are financed by contributions from the entrepreneurs and, in return, released the entrepreneurs from liability in the event of industrial accidents. This principle still applies today.
The regulations of the Accident Insurance Act were transferred to the Third Book of the Reich Insurance Code in 1911 .
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- ↑ On the creation of the Accident Insurance Act, cf. Collection of sources on the history of German social policy from 1867 to 1914 . I. Department: From the time when the Empire was founded to the Imperial Social Message (1867-1881). Volume 2: From liability legislation to the first accident insurance proposal, edited by Florian Tennstedt and Heidi Winter, Stuttgart / New York 1993; ibid, section II: From the Imperial Social Message to the February decrees of Wilhelm II (1881-1890), Volume 2, Part 1: From the second accident insurance proposal to the Accident Insurance Act of July 6, 1884, edited by Florian Tennstedt and Heidi Winter , Darmstadt 1995.