The judges are elected by employers and workmen of a certain standing.
But practically most employers are convinced that they pay the taxes for their servants.
Her employers allegedly threaten her with voodoo curses to keep her under control.
On the 17th of April 1898 a species of Employers Liability Act compelled employers of more than five workmen in certain industries to insure their employees against accidents.
The remedy they proposed was that the labourers should be prohibited from migrating from one estate to another, and an order to that effect was issued, with the result that the peasants, being no longer able to change their domicile and seek new employers, fell practically under the unlimited power of the proprietors on whose land they resided.