workers' compensation insurance

[ wur-kerz kom-puhn-sey-shuhn in-shoor-uhns, in-shur-uhns ]

noun

1. insurance that employers are required to carry by law for the protection of their employees, to provide cash benefits and/or to pay for medical care when a worker is injured or becomes ill as a direct result of their job.

Word History and Origins

Origin of workers' compensation insurance¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

But separately, that August, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office charged him and two of his executives with tax and workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

From New York Times

Following a three-year investigation, the Orange County district attorney’s office said on Friday that David Fish, 55, of Laguna Niguel allegedly masterminded an extensive scheme “to control clinics and providers who would see patients, refer them to specific providers in order to receive illegal referral payments, and then unlawfully bill workers’ compensation insurance companies for these services.”

From Los Angeles Times

Part of Scipione’s struggle was finding care through workers compensation insurance.

From Los Angeles Times

The investigation led to the indictment of the former chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party, Howard “Sonny” Hunt, on 22 counts for his alleged participation in a fraud scheme involving workers compensation insurance.

From Washington Times

Workers’ compensation insurance means that the expenses will be covered if the contractor or one of their employees is injured while on your property.

From Seattle Times