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The system of protecting employees on the job now known as workers’ compensation sprang into life in 1911 in Wisconsin. Nine other states followed before 1920. Today, nearly all 50 states have mandatory workers’ compensation laws in place.

Workers’ compensation is a no-fault insurance system found in all 50 states that pay medical expenses and lost wages (up to a limit) when an employee is injured or falls ill due to work-related activities or workplace conditions.