Workers' compensation has been around for more than a century. It was developed as a grand bargain between labor and employers to ensure that injured workers received appropriate medical care and wage-loss benefits while employers received protections against tort lawsuits arising from workplace injuries.
However, the workplace is vastly different now than it was when workers' compensation was conceived. Workers' comp has also evolved in some ways, but in other ways it has not kept pace with changing workplace demographics and injury exposures.
As a person who has been engaged in the workers' compensation industry, I see a variety of issues within the current system and I hear complaints from a variety of stakeholders about it. Industry groups are starting to engage in discussions about its future.
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