In the United States, workers' compensation programs were created to cover lost wages, medical bills, and other related expenses arising from work-related injuries and illnesses.  They were not created to provide compensation to individuals picking up random gigs like babysitting jobs, although California seems to disagree. While physical workplace injuries are covered — like burns, dismemberments, lacerations, broken bones, and head injuries — emotional injuries like PTSD and anxiety are not. The lack of coverage for emotional injuries hasn't been much of an issue until recent years.  Ever since school districts began keeping track of staff injuries caused by students, it's come to light that the physical injuries aren't the injuries that last.  Teachers who get kicked, bitten, and scratched on a regular basis by students heal fast on the outside but suffer the long-term effects of invisible injuries like anxiety...(Read Full Post)