statutes

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, enacted in 1988, is a U.S.

Workers' compensation laws protect people who become injured or disabled while working at their jobs. The laws provide the injured workers with fixed monetary awards in an attempt to eliminate the need for litigation. These laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses.

• contract law
• compensation
• Workers’ Compensation
• employment law

A wrongful death statute is a law enacted by a state or federal legislature that establishes the legal framework for bringing a civil lawsuit against individuals or entities responsible for causing someone’s death through negligent, reckless, or intentional actions.