Workers’ Compensation Acts

Workers’ Compensation Acts
n.
Federal and state laws that regulate the awards given by employers to employees injured on the job, generally holding that an employer is strictly liable for all injuries regardless of the employee’s fault, and preventing employees who receive workers’ compensation from filing civil lawsuits in an attempt to win damages.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.

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