Past
The 100th anniversary of the issuance of the first insurance policy under the nation’s first constitutional workers compensation law (in Wisconsin) will be September 1, 2011.
But the full history of workers’ compensation encompasses many milestones both before and after the historic 1911 event. For a summary of key dates in the history of workers’ compensation see the interactive timeline. Also see the timeline for Wisconsin workers' compensation legislation.
View a recently-compiled history of workers' compensation by Greg Krohm, Ph.D, executive director of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards & Commissions. The article has been submitted for publication in the 2011-12 Wisconsin Blue Book.
Assorted workers' compensation history articles published by:
- Wisconsin Division of Workers' Compensation
- Florida Division of Workers' Compensation
- Iowa Orthopaedic Journal
- www.mynewmarkets.com (powered by The Insurance Journal)
- The Texas Department of Insurance
- The Role of State Funds in Workers’ Compensation History
- Economic History Association, History of Workers’ Compensation (by Price Fishback)
- History of New York WC Board
- History of WC and Safe Employment Laws in Oregon
- Brief History of New Jersey WC Program