workmen's compensation
noun
compensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
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Workmen's Compensation
Workmen's CompensationA state insurance program that provides money for workers injured on the job and for the dependents of workers killed on the job.
workmen's compensation
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Workmen's Compensation
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The following year, Campbell unsuccessfully tried to allow police dispatchers to claim hypertension or heart disease as occupational diseases eligible for workmen’s compensation.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2022
“They wanted to keep them on the job until retirement to preclude the high cost of workmen’s compensation payouts and didn’t tell them.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
Workers who get sick on the job might not be able to sue their employers, but would have access to workmen’s compensation to cover lost wages and medical care, legal experts said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2020
This was the movement for compulsory health insurance, which overlapped with the public health movement, but was more in the spirit of some of the Progressive Era reforms that were successful, like workmen’s compensation.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2020
An excellent historical account of the workmen's compensation idea is by A.F.
From The United States Since the Civil War by Charles Ramsdell Lingley
In 1972, President Richard Nixon’s National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws declared that the states’ programs were, “in general, inadequate and inequitable.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2015
At first the injury claim filed with the Ohio Bureau of Workmen's Compensation by Irving Zilbert seemed routine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although he was clearly hurt in the line of duty for his fellow man, the Workmen's Compensation Commission turned down his claim for benefits.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the event of serious injury or death, our dependents receive a small settlement under the Workmen's Compensation Act, or we receive a small settlement, and are faced with our working days being over.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Cox was first elected governor, about five per cent of the workers of Ohio were covered under an optional Workmen's Compensation Law.
From The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox by Charles E. Morris
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