Category:Workmen's compensation act

Workmen's compensation act. (law)

Defn: a statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover From an employer in case of accident, esp. the british act of 6 edw. Vii. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a Certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accident where the Common law gives the right only for negligence of the employer.