Workers' compensation provides policies to cover compensation and medical care of employees who become injured while on the job. In exchange, these employees give up their right to sue their employers for negligence, whether voluntary or involuntary. In the U.S, workers' compensation began during the Progressive Era. Before Wisconsin enacted the first statutory system, there was no tradeoff between employers and injured workers. To get financial aid, injured workers had no recourse but to file suits. This course of action had many drawbacks for both parties, foremost of which is litigation cost. In time, a mutually beneficial system for trade offs was promulgated, and this trade off is what we now know as the workers' compensation bargain. This section provides articles pertaining to workers' compensation insurance.