• The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program,
• The Federal Employees' Compensation Program,
• The Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Program, and
• The Black Lung Benefits Program.

All states have enacted some kind of workers’ compensation regime.  These laws were enacted to make litigation less costly for both sides and to eliminate the need for injured workers to prove their injuries were the employer’s fault.

California's Workers' Compensation Act provides an example of a comprehensive state compensation program. It is applicable to most employers. The statute limits the liability of the employer and fellow employees. California also requires employers to obtain insurance to cover potential workers' compensation claims, and sets up a fund for claims that employers have illegally failed to insure against.

In the United States most employees who are injured on the job have an absolute right to medical care for that injury, and in many cases, monetary payments to compensate for resulting temporary or permanent disabilities. Most employers are required by law to carry workers’ compensation insurance.

It is illegal in some states (although not in others) for an employer to terminate an employee for reporting a workplace injury or for filing a workers' compensation claim. Most states also prohibit refusing employment for having previously filed a workers' compensation claim.

In the vast majority of states, original jurisdiction over workers' compensation disputes has been transferred by statute from the trial courts to special administrative agencies. Within such agencies, disputes are usually handled informally by administrative law judges. Appeals may be taken to an appeals board and from there into the state court system. However, such appeals are difficult and are regarded skeptically by most state appellate courts, because the point of workers' compensation was to reduce litigation. A few states still allow the employee to initiate a lawsuit in a trial court against the employer.

Contact InjuryLawLitigators.com for an attorney in your area who can explain the laws of your state and assist you in your workers’ compensation claim.  He or she will protect and defend your rights under the law in your state.