Workers' Compensation

Workers' Compensation

Definition

A form of insurance, established through statute, that provides benefits including wage replacement and payment for medical expenses to employees who are injured in the course of employment. In exchange for these benefits, the employee must give up the right to sue his employer for negligence.

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