workers' compensation

NOUN

workers' insurance system

Synonyms

WEAK

workers' compensation insurance workman's compensation workmen's compensation workmen's compensation insurance

Example Sentences

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Governmental workers'-compensation systems generally do not apply to third-party contractors and do not cover psychological damages, he added, leaving workers little recourse.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2020

After the phone call between Cosby and Illius, Johnson filed a workers’-compensation claim, citing psychological damages from her time at William Morris; she testified in a two-day deposition, in 1996.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2017

That view is shared by Robert Rosenkranz, CEO of Wilmington, Delaware-based Delphi Financial Group Inc., a seller of workers’-compensation and group-life insurance.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 20, 2011

My company does exactly that in our workers'-compensation business.

From Newsweek • Jan. 16, 2010