Kansas Statutes Chapter 44 Article 5 (selected)

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Kansas Statutes Chapter 44 Article 5 (selected) - Workers Compensation: liability for compensation, employer and subcontractor, third-party remedy, definitions, benefit schedules, average weekly wage, payment and notice of injury (K.S.A. 44-501 through 44-511, 44-512, 44-520) is a state statute published by Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. It is one of the Kansas documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including kansas property & casualty practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• K.S.A. 44-501(a)(1)(E) (Compensation disallowed; horseplay)

  “(E) the employee's voluntary participation in fighting or horseplay with a co-employee for any reason, work related or otherwise.”

• K.S.A. 44-503(g) (Subcontracting; liability of principal)

  “In the event that the payment of compensation is not secured or is otherwise unavailable or in effect, then the principal shall be liable for the payment of compensation.”

• K.S.A. 44-520(a)(1)(A) and (B) (Notice of injury dates)

  “(A) 30 calendar days from the date of accident or the date of injury by repetitive trauma; or (B) if the employee no longer is employed with the employer against whom benefits are sought, 20 calendar days after the employee's last day of employment with the employer.”

• K.S.A. 44-505(a)(2) (Application of act; small payroll exception)

  “any employment, other than those employments in which the employer is the state, or any department, agency or authority of the state, wherein the employer had a total gross annual payroll for the preceding calendar year of not more than $20,000 for all employees and wherein the employer reasonably...”

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