Answer:

partial disablement" means, where the disablement is of a temporarp nature, such disablement as reduces the earning capacity of a workman in any employment in which he was engaged at the time of the ACCIDENT resulting in

1. In the application of the Act to Bengal, a new clause (ff) has been ins. here by the Workmen' s Compensation (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1942

Explanation:

(l) " total disablement" means such disablement, whether of a temporary or permanent nature, as incapacitates a workman for all work which he was capable of performing at the time of the accident resulting in such disablement: 8 Provided that permanent total disablement shall be deemed to result from EVERY injury SPECIFIED in Part I of Schedule I or from any combination of injuries specified in Part II thereof where the aggregate percentage of the loss of earning capacity, as specified in the SAID Part II against those injuries, amounts to one hundred per cent or more;]

The Maternity (Amendment) Bill 2017, an amendment to the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, was passed in Rajya Sabha on August 11, 2016, in Lok Sabha on March 09, 2017, and received an assent from President of India on March 27, 2017.[2] The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 protects the employment of women during the time of her maternity and entitles her of a ‘maternity benefit’ – i.e. full paid absence from work – to take care for her child. The act is applicable to all establishments employing 10 or more employees.