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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" "non-accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of
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This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common
stock which may become issuable under the plan being registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
outstanding shares of common stock.&#160;&#160;In addition, pursuant to Rule
416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefits plans described herein.</font></div>
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the
high and low sale prices for a share of common stock of Employers Holdings, Inc.
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">&#160;</font>August 7,
2008.</font></div>
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filed to register 2,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, to be offered pursuant to the Employers Holdings, Inc. Amended and
Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which has been amended since
the filing of Employers Holdings, Inc.'s (the "Company") Registration Statements
on Form S-8 covering the&#160;Plan prior to its amendment.&#160;&#160;In
accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previous
Registration Statements on Form S-8 related to the Plan prior to its amendment
(File No. 333-140395, filed on February 1, 2007, and File No. 333-142135, filed
on April 16, 2007) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement,
except as amended hereby.</font></div>
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      filed as Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement of Employers
      Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Reno, Nevada, on this 8th day of August, 2008.</font></div>
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ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Douglas D. Dirks, William E. Yocke and Lenard T.
Ormsby, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
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      Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (previously
      filed as Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement of Employers
      Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
      15, 2008, and incorporated by reference herein).</font></div>
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      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq.</font></div>
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          </tr>
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      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
      hereto)</font></div>
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          </tr>
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      of Towers, Perrin, Forster &amp; Crosby, Inc.</font></div>
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eig_s-8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2008
Registration
No.
333-
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
Under
The
      Securities Act of 1933
Employers
      Holdings, Inc.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
NEVADA
04-3850065
(State
      or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
      or  Organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
10375
      Professional Circle
Reno,
      Nevada 89521
(Address,
      Including  Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive
      Offices)
Employers
      Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive
    Plan
(Full
      Title of the Plan)
Lenard
      T. Ormsby, Esq.
Executive
      Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Employers
      Holdings, Inc.
10375
      Professional Circle
Reno,
      Nevada  89521
(888)
      682-6671
(Name,
      Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For
      Service)
Copies
      to:
Susan
      J. Sutherland, Esq.
David
      C. Ingles, Esq.
Skadden,
      Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four
      Times Square
New
      York, New York  10036
(212)
      735-3000
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting
company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" "non-accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
      accelerated filer
o
Accelerated
      filer
o
Non-accelerated
      filer
þ
Smaller
      reporting company
o
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities
To
      Be Registered
Amount
      To Be
Registered
      (1)
Proposed
      Maximum
Offering
      Price
Per
      Share (2)
Proposed
      Maximum
Aggregate
      Offering
Price
Amount
      Of
Registration
      Fee
Common
      Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,000,000
      shares
$17.48
$34,960,000.00
$1,373.93
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common
stock which may become issuable under the plan being registered pursuant to this
Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt
of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's
outstanding shares of common stock.  In addition, pursuant to Rule
416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
to the employee benefits plans described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the
high and low sale prices for a share of common stock of Employers Holdings, Inc.
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
August 7,
2008.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration Statement has been
filed to register 2,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, to be offered pursuant to the Employers Holdings, Inc. Amended and
Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which has been amended since
the filing of Employers Holdings, Inc.'s (the "Company") Registration Statements
on Form S-8 covering the Plan prior to its amendment.  In
accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the previous
Registration Statements on Form S-8 related to the Plan prior to its amendment
(File No. 333-140395, filed on February 1, 2007, and File No. 333-142135, filed
on April 16, 2007) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this Registration Statement,
except as amended hereby.
PART
II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Employers
      Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (previously
      filed as Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement of Employers
      Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
      15, 2008, and incorporated by reference herein).
5.1
Opinion
      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq.
23.1
Consent
      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
      hereto)
23.2
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent
      of Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page
    hereto)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Reno, Nevada, on this 8th day of August, 2008.
EMPLOYERS
      HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/
s/
Douglas
D.
Dirks
Douglas
D.
Dirks
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Douglas D. Dirks, William E. Yocke and Lenard T.
Ormsby, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any
amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Robert
      J. Kolesar
Chairman
      of the Board
August
      8, 2008
Robert
      J. Kolesar
/s/
Douglas
      D. Dirks
President
      and Chief Executive Officer,
Director
      (Principal Executive Officer)
August
      8, 2008
Douglas
      D. Dirks
/s/
William
      E. Yocke
Executive
      Vice President and Chief
Financial
      Officer
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)
August
      8, 2008
William
      E. Yocke
/s/
Richard
      W. Blakey
Director
August
      8, 2008
Richard
      W. Blakey
/s/
Valerie
      R. Glenn
Director
August
      8, 2008
Valerie
      R. Glenn
/s/
Rose
      E. McKinney-James
Director
August
      8, 2008
Rose
      E. McKinney-James
/s/
Ronald
      F. Mosher
Director
August
      8, 2008
Ronald
      F. Mosher
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Katherine
      W. Ong
Director
August
      8, 2008
Katherine
      W. Ong
/s/
Michael
      D. Rumbolz
Director
August
      8, 2008
Michael
      D. Rumbolz
/s/
John
      P. Sande III
Director
August
      8, 2008
John
      P. Sande III
/s/
Martin
      J. Welch
Director
August
      8, 2008
Martin
      J. Welch
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Employers
      Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated Equity and Incentive Plan (previously
      filed as Appendix B to the definitive proxy statement of Employers
      Holdings, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
      15, 2008, and incorporated by reference herein).
5.1
Opinion
      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq.
23.1
Consent
      of Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1
      hereto)
23.2
Consent
      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent
      of Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page
    hereto)