Re: Worker's or Workers Comp?

On 12 Jul 2006 01:47:18 -0700, "JAM" <jamalloy@xxxxxxx> gave thanks
and said:


Christie wrote:
Why isn't it "Worker's" compensation? You aren't compensating all of them,
just ones that are injured. What makes it even more confusing to me is that
it used to be "Workmans Compensation." Shouldn't that be -men if they
really meant it to be plural?

I used to transcribe a lot of workers' comp hearings, and we were told
that the apostrophe goes after the "s." Also, it is workmen's comp,
this time with the apostrophe before the "s."

At least here in California, it is workers' compensation, not
workmen's. Women get injured on the job, too. ;-)

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