Workers Compensation and Employee Protection Laws in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition (Nutshell Series)
Edition: 4th edition
Series: Nutshell
Publisher: West
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780314153111
Subjects: Labor & Employment; Law; Employers' liability; Labor laws and legislation; Law and legislation; United States; Workers' compensation
First sentence: The common-law imposed a number of duties on employers for the protection of their employees, and an action existed for the breach of these duties; however, as a practical matter the common-law failed to provide adequate remedies for such injuries and deaths.