"workers' compensation" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=workers' compensation}} workers' compensation (uncountable)
  1. Insurance that pays for medical costs resulting from injuries sustained by employees in the workplace. Wikipedia link: workers' compensation Tags: uncountable Synonyms: workman's compensation, workmen's compensation, worker's compensation, workers' comp, workman's comp, workmen's comp, worker's comp [informal] Translations (insurance): 工傷賠償 (Chinese Mandarin), 工伤赔偿 (gōngshāng péicháng) (Chinese Mandarin), työtapaturmavakuutus (Finnish), assurance accident [feminine] (French), indemnización por accidente laboral [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-workers'_compensation-en-noun-afUPfB~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations

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