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What can I do if I have been injured on
the job?
Workers'
compensation systems (colloquially known as workers' comp in
North American English or compo in Australian English) provides
compensation for employees who are injured in the course of employment.
While schemes differ between jurisdictions, provision can be
made for weekly payments in lieu of wages, compensation for economic
loss (past and future), reimbursement or payment of medical and
like expenses, general damages for pain and suffering and benefits
payable to the dependents of workers killed during employment. These
laws are usually a feature of highly developed industrial societies,
implemented after long and hard fought struggles by
trade unions. Supporters of such schemes believe they improve
working conditions and provide an economic safety net for employees.
Conversely, these schemes are often criticised for removing or
restricting workers' common law rights in order to reduce governments'
or insurance companies' financial liability.
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