【GermanPrimeMinisterOttoVonBismarckmaybemostfamousforhis1anddiplomatictalent,buthiscontributionstothesocietyincludemanyoftoday’ssocialinsuranceprograms.Duringthemiddleofthe19thcentury,Germany,2otherEuropeannat】

　　GermanPrimeMinisterOttoVonBismarckmaybemostfamousforhis1 anddiplomatictalent,buthiscontributionstothesocietyincludemanyoftoday’ssocialinsuranceprograms.Duringthemiddleofthe19thcentury,Germany,2 otherEuropeannations,3 anunusualoutbreakofworkplacedeathsandaccidentsasaresultofgrowing4.5 inpartbyChristiansympathyforthehelplessaswellasapracticalpoliticalimpulsetogetthe6 ofthesocialistlabormovement,Bismarck7 theworld’sfirstworker’scompensationlawin1884.

　　By1908,theUnitedStateswasthe8 industrialnationintheworldthatlackedworkers’compensationinsurance.American’sinjuredworkerscouldseek9 inacourtoflaw,buttheystillfacedanumberoftoughlegalbarriers.10,employeeshadtoprovethattheirinjuriesdirectly11 employer’slackofcareandtheythemselveswereignorantaboutpotentialdangerintheworkplace.Thefirststateworkers’compensationlawinthiscountrypassedin1911,andtheprogramsoon12 throughoutthenation.

　　AfterWorldWarII,benefitpaymentstoAmericanworkersdidnot13thecostofliving.Infact,realbenefitlevelswerelowerinthe1970sthantheywereinthe1940s,andinmoststatesthemaximumbenefitwasbelowthepovertylevelforafamilyoffour.In1970,PresidentRichardNixonsetupanational14 tostudytheproblemsworkers’compensation.Twoyearslater,thecommitteeissued19keyrecommendations,15 onethatcalledforincreasingcompensationbenefitlevelsto100percentofthestates’averageweeklywages.

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