The word ‘earnings’ in the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1897 is used in a popular sense, and means the sum which a workman gets for his work when he comes to it properly equipped according to the general understanding and practice of his particular trade.
By agreement with a collier, his employer deducted from his weekly wages a sum for the check weigh fund, the sharpening of picks, and the maintenance of lamps, and the supply of oil thereto.
Held that in estimating the compensation due for an injury under the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1897, the workmen’s earnings were his whole wages without any deduction
Judges:
Lords Macnaghten, Shand, and Lindley
Citations:
[1903] UKHL 449, 41 SLR 449
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Damages, Personal Injury, Employment
Updated: 13 June 2022; Ref: scu.630579
