Workers compensation is defined as a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. Every state has a Workers Compensation Division that is responsible for the administration of the state Workers’ Compensation Law to ensure proper payment of benefits to employees injured on the job and encourage safety in the workplace. The main function of the Division is to ensure proper payment of compensation benefits along with necessary medical attention to employees injured on the job or their dependents in case of death. Information and services are also provided to claimants, employers, insurance companies, attorneys, judges, legislators, labor and management groups, government agencies and other parties.

The Division also administers the rules and regulations for individual self-insurers and group self-insurers. Major activities include compliance inspections, safety promotion, auditing and enforcing claims payments and settlements, compiling injury and cost statistics, mediating disputes, and establishing and regulating cost containment standards.

Because Workers Compensation are state programs, they are unique and specific to each and every state. They normally have their own individual bureau which is why I choose to generate a list of links and resources for all 50 states as well as the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico.

List of Worker’s Compensation Bureaus by State

Alabama – Alabama Department of Labor 

Alaska – Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Arizona – Industrial Commission of Arizona

Arkansas – Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission

California – Department of Industrial Relations

Colorado – Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

Connecticut – Connecticut Workers Compensation Commission

Delaware – Delaware State Office of Workers Compensation

District of Columbia– Workers Compensation Department of Employer Services

Florida – Florida Division of Workers Compensation

Georgia – Georgia State Board of Workers Compensation

Guam – Guam Department of Labor

Hawaii – State of Hawaii Disability Compensation Division

Idaho – Idaho Industrial Commission

Illinois – Illinois Workers Compensation Commission

Indiana – Indiana Workers Compensation Board

Iowa – Iowa Workforce Development

Kansas – Kansas Department of Labor Workers Comp

Kentucky – Kentucky Departments of Workers Claims

Louisiana – Louisiana Workforce Commission

Maine – Maine Compensation Board

Maryland – Maryland Workers Compensation Commission

Massachusetts – Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development

Michigan – Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

Mississippi – Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission

Missouri – Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

Montana – Montana Department of Labor and Industry

Nebraska – Nebraska Workers Compensation Court

Nevada – Nevada Department of Business and Industry

New Hampshire – New Hampshire Department of Labor Workers Compensation 

New Jersey – State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

New Mexico – State of New Mexico Workers Compensation Administration

New York – New York State Workers Compensation Board

North Carolina – North Carolina Industrial Commission

North Dakota – North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance

Ohio – Ohio Division of Workers Compensation

Oklahoma – Oklahoma Insurance Department – Workers Compensation

Oregon – Oregon Workers Compensation Division

Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation

Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico Industrial Division

Rhode Island – Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training Workers Compensation 

South Carolina – State of South Carolina Workers Compensation Commission

South Dakota – South Dakota Department of Labor Workers Compensation

Tennessee – Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Texas – Texas Department of Insurance 

Utah – Utah Labor Commission

Vermont – Vermont Department of Labor Workers Compensation 

Virginia – Virginia Workers Compensation Commission

Virgin Islands – U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Labor

Washington –  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

West Virginia – West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commission

Wisconsin – Wisconsin Department of Workforce

Wyoming – Wyoming Department of Workforce Services