The Workmen Compensation Act, 1923 is an enactment that was issued by the tral Government and was implemented by various State Governments which gives social security to workers. This security is offered by the law for people who work.

The Act was formed after it was noted that laborers were getting more exposed to danger with the use of advanced and sophisticated machinery. The common law had it that the employer would only take up the compensation responsibility if it is found that the industrial accident was a result of his negligence. In India, the issue of compensating workmen after fatal and major accidents hit the road in 1884. It was then in 1885 that the factory and mining inspectors realized that the Fatal Accidents Act, 1885, was not enough to attend to the intended purposes.

The State offered a hearing ear when members of the Legislative Assembly, employers’ representatives, workers and experts in medicine and insurance formed a committee that gave a report that led to the enacting of the Workmen’s Compensation Act in 1923.

The passing of the Act put a stop and offered a relief for workers who would have gone through court processes that are often expensive, an effort to seek compensation whenever they acquired an injury during employment.