the first workers' compensation law in the united states was passed in 1938.
the first workers' compensation law in the united states was passed in 1938.
first workers' compensation law in the united states?
1938
the first statewide workers' compensation law was passed in maryland in 1902, and the first law covering federal employees was passed in 1906. (see: fela, 1908; feca, 1916; kern, 1918.) by 1949, every state had enacted a workers' compensation program.
workers' compensation (united states)
other laws regulated working conditions. for instance, in a series of laws passed in 1902, the state regulated conditions in mines; outlawed child laborers under the age of 12; mandated compulsory school attendance; and enacted the nation's first workers' compensation law. the workers' compensation law was overturned in the courts, but was redrafted and finally enacted in 1910. the law become a model for national legislation a few decades later.









































the debate over prohibition of alcohol, another progressive reform, led to maryland's gaining its second nickname. a mocking newspaper editorial dubbed maryland "the free state" for its allowing alcohol.
history of maryland