workers' compensation insurance

Informal, work·ers’ com·pen·sa·tion,

[wur-kerz kom-puhn-sey-shuhn in-shoor-uhns, in-shur-uhns]

noun

1. insurance that employers are required to carry by law for the protection of their employees, to provide cash benefits and/or to pay for medical care when a worker is injured or becomes ill as a direct result of their job.

Word History and Origins

Origin of workers' compensation insurance¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Nicole Brown, 39, of Riverside was charged with 15 felonies related to workers’ compensation insurance fraud, according to the Orange County district attorney’s office.

From Los Angeles Times

And they do this to avoid paying their own portion of Social Security and unemployment taxes and also workers compensation insurance.

From Los Angeles Times

This doesn’t just mean the dollars for paying staff but includes other costs, such as payroll tax and workers compensation insurance.

From Los Angeles Times

But separately, that August, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged him and two of his executives with tax and workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

From New York Times

Following a three-year investigation, the Orange County district attorney’s office said on Friday that David Fish, 55, of Laguna Niguel allegedly masterminded an extensive scheme “to control clinics and providers who would see patients, refer them to specific providers in order to receive illegal referral payments, and then unlawfully bill workers’ compensation insurance companies for these services.”

From Los Angeles Times