Over 100 years ago, the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act was introduced to the commonwealth. It was called the “grand bargain.” The grand bargain resulted in the loss of the constitutional right of an injured worker to sue their employer in exchange for the certainty and guarantee of workers’ compensation benefits consisting of a weekly check and payment of medical treatment.
The purpose of the grand bargain was that the injured worker and their family were protected, in exchange for giving up a fundamental right grounded in the commonwealth’s Constitution—deeming the purpose of the act “humanitarian.”
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