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workers' compensation 1 : compensation for injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of employment that is paid to the worker or dependents by an employer whose strict liability for such compensation is established by statute NOTE: Where established by statute, workers' compensation is generally the exclusive remedy for injuries arising from employment, with some exceptions. Workers' compensation statutes commonly include explicit exclusions for injury caused intentionally, by willful misconduct, and by voluntary intoxication from alcohol or illegal drugs. 2 : workers' compensation insurance ...
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act
longshore and harbor workers' compensation act The federal act designed to provide workers' compensation benefits to employees, other than seamen, who work in maritime employment upon the navigable waters of the United States. (33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 901) Source: FindLaw ...
workers' compensation insurance
workers' compensation insurance : insurance purchased by an employer or created through self-insurance that provides coverage for workers' compensation claims by injured employees ...
compensation
compensation 1 : the act of compensating 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : the ending of mutual obligations between two people for money or quantities of fungible things usually by operation of law but sometimes by an agreement 3 : something that makes up for a loss [received for the breach of contract] ;specif : payment to unemployed or injured workers or their dependents see also unemployment compensation, workers' compensation 4 : payment for a thing of value tendered or a service rendered [the Senators and Representatives shall receive for their services "U.S. Constitution art. I"] ...
workman's compensation
workman's compensation : workers' compensation ...
workmen's compensation
workmen's compensation : workers' compensation ...
Workmen's Compensation Act
Workmen's Compensation Act. (English) The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1897, introduced the principle of compulsory insurance of workmen by employers in a restricted number of trades. The gist of a right to compensation under the Acts is 'accident arising out of and in the course of the employment' causing personal injury to a workman (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925 [15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 84), s. 1 (1)] The compensation is not damages for negligence or any other tort at common law or by statute (see COMPBELL (LORD) ACTS (Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908) and Employers Liability Act, 1880, sub tit. MASTER AND SERVANT), and an employer is not liable both for damages and compensation; but the workman or his representatives may elect between the remedies, and in an unsuccessful action for damages the Court may assess or refer the question of compensation to the proper tribunal, subject to an equitable order for costs (Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925, s. 25). Compensation is not payable for a...
unemployment compensation
unemployment compensation : compensation paid at regular intervals (as by a state agency) to an unemployed worker and esp. one who has been laid off called also unemployment benefit NOTE: Unemployment compensation is usually a fixed percentage of the former wages of an unemployed worker. ...
Compensation
Compensation, according to dictionary it means, 'compensating or being compensated; thing given as recompense;'. In legal sense it may constitute actual loss or expected loss and may extend to physical mental or even emotional suffering, insult or injury or loss, Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Balbir Singh, (2004) 5 SCC 65 (75): AIR 2004 SC 2141.--Making things equivalent, satisfying or making amends, a reward for the apprehension of criminals; also that equivalent in money which is paid to the owners and occupiers of lands taken or injuriously affected for public purposes and under Act of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 18), but where the land is acquired compulsorily by a Government Department or any local or Public Authority the compensation is regulated by the (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 57) and Rules of 1919, and see Housing Act, 1936, ss. 40 and 42 and Schedules, ...
Re-compensation
Re-compensation. Where a party sues for a debt, and the defendant pleads compensation, i.e., set-off, the plaintiff may allege a compensation on his part, and this is called a re-compensation, Scots Law Term....
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