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workers' compensation
noun
variants
or less commonly workers' comp
: a system of insurance that reimburses an employer for damages that must be paid to an employee for injury occurring in the course of employment
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Walmart's third-party workers' compensation administrators investigated Fonseca, videotaped him driving an RV, and determined no further action was warranted, his attorneys said.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Walmart must pay almost $35 million to one of its former truck drivers after a California jury found the retailer had falsely accused him of workers' compensation fraud and wrongfully terminated him.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
Apparently, the information was placed on an internal Web site by Southern California Medical-Legal Consultants, a California company that represents medical providers in the recovery of billing from workers' compensation insurance carriers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2011
Small business owners who handle timekeeping and workers' compensation manually add countless hours to their already extensive administrative load.
—Sean Manning, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of workers' compensation was
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“Workers' compensation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workers%27%20compensation. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Legal Definition
workers' compensation
noun
work·ers' compensation
1
: compensation for injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment that is paid to the worker or his or her dependents by an employer whose strict liability for such compensation is established by statute
Note: Where established by statute, workers' compensation is generally the exclusive remedy for injuries arising from employment, with some exceptions. Workers' compensation statutes commonly include explicit exclusions for injury caused intentionally, by willful misconduct, and by voluntary intoxication from alcohol or illegal drugs.
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