What does workers' compensation legislation in all states require from the employer?
a. To allow an employee to return to his or her position regardless of how long the employee was not at work because of illness or disability
b. To assume the cost of occupational disabilities only if the employer was in some way at fault
c. To assume the cost of occupational disabilities regardless of whose fault the injury was
d. To carry health insurance for their employees that will pay for injuries that occurred at work
ANS: C
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