North Carolina Workers' Workmen's Workman's Workerman or Workermens Compensation

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Someday someone should do a sociology study on the evolution in the name of the workers' compensation system. Many folks in NC still refer to it as "workmans" compensation, and a few as "workmen's" comp.   The issue has so much history that the North Carolina General Assembly included the following language in the NC Worker's Comp Act. 

§ 97‑1.1.  References to workmen's compensation.

Any reference in any act, public or local, to the "Workmen's Compensation Act," "Workmen's Compensation," or "workmen's compensation" shall be deemed to refer respectively to "Workers' Compensation Act," "Workers' Compensation" or "workers' compensation."

Regardless of what you call it, if you have questions about North Carolina workers' comp laws contact me for a free consultation with a NC attorney.