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workers' compensationnoun [mass noun] chiefly Australian / NZ1Legislation that provides for financial compensation for employees injured at work: workers' compensation was introduced, guaranteeing employees some compensation whether or not the employer had been at fault...- They planned to oppose him for refusing to cross a union picket line at parliament house protesting the workers compensation reforms.
- Trade unions are raising concerns about the direction of the state's workers compensation scheme now under its new leadership.
- The NSW Parliament has rejected more than 300 statements of protest against the state's workers compensation laws because it refuses to recognise online petitions.
1.1Financial compensation paid to an employee injured at work: an employer who has paid workers' compensation may recover some of the costs from the third party...- He was seeking wages, workers' compensation payments, and nothing more.
- I have not filed a workers compensation claim over anybody doing anything and never considered doing so.
- When we did our survey, we could find no outworker who had actually lodged a workers' compensation claim.
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