subject: Know What to Ask For From Your Employer [print this page] Before it was enacted by law, an employee can only demand for compensation and /or hospitalization and may receive large sums of money when he sues in court his employer and proves that his injury was inflicted by his employer. Through workers compensation program, an employee will be compensated automatically when he gets injured in the work place, for example, a defective equipment or product. This program greatly helps a lot of workers with little knowledge of the law.