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Workers' Compensation Essentials The following links provide an overview of the origins of the worker comp system and the social goal it helps attain, as well as a description of its fundamental elements. The history of workers’ compensation legislation is easily understood in the context of the increased labor market injuries caused by the industrial revolution. Although all fifty states have active workers’ compensation statutes today, they vary as to specific provisions of benefit disbursement. Nonetheless, all of the workers’ compensation acts in this country share some essential elements. The following discussion will provide a brief historical and social perspective, and outline the characteristics that are common to all workers’ compensation schemes.
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