workmen's compensation

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Hayek, for his part, did worry that government involvement would start a slippery slope to communism, yet he also acknowledged that the “free” market isn’t really free and supported social security, workmen’s compensation and even a guaranteed minimum income.

From Washington Post

The following year, Campbell unsuccessfully tried to allow police dispatchers to claim hypertension or heart disease as occupational diseases eligible for workmen’s compensation.

From Washington Post

“They wanted to keep them on the job until retirement to preclude the high cost of workmen’s compensation payouts and didn’t tell them.”

From New York Times

Andrew Perloff, writing in Education Next, says “student athlete” entered academia’s lexicon in 1957 when a widow lost a claim for workmen’s compensation death benefits from Fort Lewis A&M College for fatal injuries her husband suffered playing football.

From Washington Post

Workers who get sick on the job might not be able to sue their employers, but would have access to workmen’s compensation to cover lost wages and medical care, legal experts said.

From Seattle Times