COMPENSATION PERIOD

compensation period.The time fixed by unemployment or workers’-compensation law during which an unem-ployed or injured worker is entitled to receive compensation. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare  728; Workers’ Compensation  836–868. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare § 292; Workmen’s Compensation §§ 545–574, 582.] [Blacks Law 8th]