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workers' compensation  

Definition

  • WORKERS' COMPENSATION is the oldest type of social insurance. It is a “no fault” system for offering financial benefits and medical services for those suffering from work-related injuries in an industrialized society where such injuries regularly occur. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Workers' Compensation]

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