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2. Workers' compensation (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Texas is unusual in that it allows employers to opt out of the workers' compensation system, with those employers who do not purchase workers' compensation insurance being called non-subscribers. However, those employers are exposed to legal liability in the event of employee injury.

3. Federal Employers Liability Act - Wikipedia

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   Law Review articles. The Federal Employers Liability Act was designed to put on the railroad industry some of the costs of the legs, arms, eyes, and lives which it consumed in its operation. Not all these costs were imposed, for the Act did not make the employer an insurer. The liability which it imposed was the liability for negligence.

4. Workers' compensation - Wikipedia

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   Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The trade-off between assured, limited coverage and lack of ...

5. Employers' Liability Act 1880 - Wikipedia

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   An Act to extend and regulate the Liability of Employers to make Compensation for Personal Injuries suffered by Workmen in their Service. The Employers' Liability Act 1880 ( 43 & 44 Vict. c. 42) was an act passed on 7 September 1880 by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It enabled workers to seek compensation for injuries resulting from the ...

6. German Statutory Accident Insurance - Wikipedia

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   German Statutory Accident Insurance or workers' compensation is among the oldest branches of German social insurance. Occupational accident insurance was established in Germany by statute in 1884. [1] It is now a national, compulsory program that insures workers for injuries or illness incurred through their employment, or the commute to or ...

7. Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act ...

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   The Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, also known as the Westfall Act, is a law passed by the United States Congress that modifies the Federal Tort Claims Act to protect federal employees from common law tort lawsuit while engaged in their duties for the government, while giving private citizens a route to seek damage from the government for violations.