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workers' compensation
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work·ers' compensation (wûrkrz)
n.
Payments required by law to be made to an employee who is injured or disabled in connection with work.

workers' compensation
Workman's compensation Occupational medicine The benefits provided to employees for injuries suffered in the workplace Epidemiology Work-related injuries affect 8 million employees/yr–US resulting in the loss of 73 million work days and 10,000 lives


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If we were the judge for this case, we would compensate Wangsa and our reasons are: * He was injured while working and this is claimable under the Workman's Compensation Act * He was under stress as he had suffered from threats and did not know what was the right step to take at that point in time, and * He changed his statement on his surgeon's advice to tell the truth so that he could claim for appropriate compensation.
When people are injured at work, then it is almost guaranteed that they will be due some kind of workman's compensation.
Workman's compensation policies will sometimes step in to cover you if the injury occurred at work.
 
 
 
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