Category Archives: Compensation Laws

Workmans compensation laws – Workers compensation insurance derived as a possible efficient and socially responsible treatment for a constantly increasing variety of work related injuries and deaths as a result of our economy’s evolving from an agrarian to a industrial work force. Before workers compensation insurance arrived to the market industry, injured employees or their survivors were required to prove their work-related injuries resulted from the employer’s negligence to be able to receive compensation for injuries. Common law courts at that time favored employers making negligence challenging to establish. Without work comp insurance the burden of caring for and supporting these injured workers fell on society at large.