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independent chairman chosen by them jointly or, ii tney cannot
uifi'ue on the choice ox* eh.irman, a chairman chosen ly the Commissioner

of hi hour. A cliuinnun chosen by the Commiauioner must be u judge
in the Courts.
The Compensation Lav/ v/ill apply to rather more- people than the
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Lubour Low und will replace the workmen's Compensation Act of India,
which, although huving no legal force in Bahrain, has often be-, n
used as u gui. e to help determine- until, compensation should be paid
to poisons injured at work, The Law js similar to the Indian Law

in that it provides lor payment 01 compensation for ilcath and
disablement through injury or occupational disease, but it lays
down rates or compensation that, are* higher than those payable* under
the Indian Law - because of the- higher rates of wages paid in
Bahrain - anti it says that compensation shall be payable irom the
first day of absence from work because* ol' injury instead of after a

waiting period. The amounts of compensation puyable for injury mui
aeath are related to earnings by means of a schedule which plates
"'age-earners and the amounts of compensation payable to them in fouv
classes.
•lb. both Oi dinances will be administered by the employment Office 1
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which Mr. mcrehall helped to set up in 1 and which has now
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expanded to become the J./apartment of labour under a Bahraini
Commissioner of Labour.
17. Fur this part ox the world both Ordinances are advanced, and
the complexities oi the Labour Ordinance in particular may be

expccti.o to be beyonc the present understanding of most workers,
ana of some employers, even though many of its provisions were
inc.luaoct at the roguest ol' the workers1 representatives on the
Labour Law Committee. At the suggestion of the Committee a
publicity campaign was undertaken by the Bahrain Government to

precede the Introduction of the Laws, but a good deal more remains
to be done not only as regards publicity but in developing more
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