This led to the establishment of Workers' Compensation in the United StatesThe watershed events in the development of modern workers' compensation laws occurred in the improbable setting of Prussia under the leadership of its Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck pushed through Workers' Accident Insurance in 1884, creating the first modern system of workers' compensation. This was followed over the next few years by Public Pension Insurance providing a stipend for workers incapacitated due to non-job related illnesses and Public Aid providing a safety net for those who were never able to work due to disability. The system as a whole valued the active worker; but the greatest benefits were granted to job-related injuries and medical care and rehabilitation were covered. The state-administered Prussian system also established an important precedent: it was regarded as an "exclusive remedy" to the problem of workers' compensation, as employers under the system could not be sued through