Editing Workers' compensation (section)

===Germany===
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The German worker's compensation law of 6 July 1884,<ref>''An Act for Insurance Against Accidents'', 6 July 1884, translated and
reprinted in F.W. Taussig, Workmen's Insurance in Germany, 2 Q. J. ECON. 111
app. at 121–28 (1887)</ref> initiated by Chancellor [[Otto von Bismarck]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/osha.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510074427/https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/osha.htm|url-status=dead|title=US Dept. of Labor, ''The Job Safety Law of 1970: Its Passage Was Perilous''|archive-date=10 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="GERMAN HISTORY">Holborn, Hajo: ''A History of Modern Germany – 1840–1945'': [[Princeton University Press]]; 1969; pp. 291–93.</ref> was passed only after three attempts and was the first of its kind in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.munichre.com/en/ts/workers_compensation/history_of_workers_compensation_insurance_in_germany/default.aspx|title=Munich Re – History of workers' compensation insurance in Germany<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=munichre.com|access-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331102206/http://www.munichre.com/en/ts/workers_compensation/history_of_workers_compensation_insurance_in_germany/default.aspx|archive-date=31 March 2008}}</ref> Similar laws passed in Austria in 1887, Norway in 1894, and Finland in 1895.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.washburnlaw.edu/publications/wlj/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527184442/http://www.washburnlaw.edu/wlj/39-3/articles/magnus-ulrich.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Washburn Law Journal|archive-date=27 May 2010|website=Washburn University School of Law}}</ref>

The law paid indemnity to all private wage earners and apprentices, including those who work in the agricultural and horticultural sectors and marine industries, family helpers and students with work-related injuries, for up to 13 weeks. Workers who are totally disabled get continued benefits at 67 per cent after 13 weeks, paid by the accident funds, financed entirely by employers.

The German compensation system has been taken as a model for many nations.