\Workmen's compensation act\ (Law)
A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover
from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of
6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in
certain cases of ``serious and willful misconduct,'' a right
against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere
occurrence of an accident where the common law gives the
right only for negligence of the employer.