09/07/2026
Labor Day started as a recognition of what working people built, and of what it cost them to build it.
North Carolina's workers' compensation system exists because that cost was once carried entirely by the injured worker.
Today it covers medical treatment and a portion of lost wages regardless of who was at fault, handled through the Industrial Commission rather than the courts.
The tradeoff is that the system has its own rules, its own deadlines, and its own forms. Missing one can matter as much as the injury itself.
How workers' compensation works in North Carolina: brownmoorelaw.com/practice-areas/workers-compensation/