§17.6 Workers’ Compensation Insurance

• Library: Workers' Compensation Law Deskbook Vol. 2 (2020 Ed.)

C. (§17.6) Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Employers are required to insure their workers’ compensation liability unless they have the permission of the Division of Workers’ Compensation to self-insure. Section 287.280, RSMo Supp. 2018. The test for whether an employer has failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance looks like this:

1. Is the employer a statutory employer under § 287.030, RSMo 2016? If yes, then:

2. Did the employer have

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