Title XVIII — LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

287.243. Line of duty compensation — definitions — claim procedure — distribution — no subrogation rights for employers or insurers — grievance procedures — sunset date — fund created, use of moneys — rulemaking authority. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the …

287.245. Volunteer firefighters, grants for workers' compensation insurance premiums — or critical illness benefits pool. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Association", volunteer fire protection associations as defined in section 320.300; (2) "St…

287.250. Compensation, computation of — average weekly wage, division or commission may determine, when — additional compensation for persons under twenty-one, when — multiple employers, computation of coverage — weekly wage — compromise settlement. — 1. Except as otherwise provi…

287.252. Cafeteria plan payroll deductions, not to reduce computation of employee compensation. — Where an employer has established a cafeteria plan for the employees of the employer in accordance with Section 125 of Title 26 United States Code, no payroll deduction or other redu…

287.253. Monetary bonus, effect on benefits. — A monetary bonus, paid by an employer to an employee, of up to three percent of the employee's yearly compensation from such employer shall not have the effect of increasing the compensation amount used in calculating the employee's …

287.260. Compensation to have priority — not assignable — exceptions. — 1. The compensation payable under this chapter, whether or not it has been awarded or is due, shall not be assignable, shall be exempt from attachment, garnishment, and execution, shall not be subject to seto…

287.266. Payments made to public assistance recipients to be a debt due state, recovery by state — attorney's fees — assignment of rights — apportionment by judge, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Provider", any individual, corporation, public or…

287.270. Benefits from other sources no bar to compensation, exception, professional athletes. — No savings or insurance of the injured employee, nor any benefits derived from any other source than the employer or the employer's insurer for liability under this chapter, shall be …

287.280. Employer's entire liability to be covered, self-insurer or approved carrier — exception — group of employers may qualify as self-insurers, requirements — rules — confidential records. — 1. Every employer subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, on either an indiv…

287.282. Employee leasing arrangements, coverage required. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 287.280, every employer who obtains part of his work force from another entity through an employee leasing arrangement, or who employs the services of an enti…

287.290. Employee not to pay cost of insurance. — No part of the cost of such insurance shall be assessed against, collected from or paid by any employee. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 3714) Prior revision: 1929 § 3324 (1963) Where city failed to maintain minimum security required for …

287.300. Employer's liability primary or secondary — notice and service, when sufficient. — If the employer is not insured his liability hereunder shall be primary and direct. If he is insured his liability shall be secondary and indirect, and his insurer shall be primarily and d…

287.310. Policies to be approved by department — deductible plans authorized, requirements. — 1. Every policy of insurance against liability under this chapter shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall be in a form approved by the director of the depart…

287.335. Determinations review board, created, purpose — code classifications, classification system, review of, duties. — 1. There is hereby established the "Workers' Compensation Determinations Review Board" within the department of commerce and insurance which shall exist to r…

287.340. Insurance companies must keep reserve. — No insurance carrier shall write any insurance against liability hereunder unless it maintains such reserves as are required by law, or in the absence thereof such reserves as may be required by the director of the department of c…

287.350. Insurance companies to make report. — Every insurance carrier writing insurance for liability hereunder, or the liability of employers rejecting this chapter, shall report to the director of the department of commerce and insurance, in accordance with such rules as he ma…

287.360. Director may suspend or revoke permits and ask for a receiver. — For any violation of the provisions of this chapter the director of the department of commerce and insurance may suspend or revoke the authority of any insurance carrier to do business in this state. If any…

287.370. Compensation in lieu of insurance, how provided. — Any employer or group of employers may enter into or continue any agreement with his or their employees to provide a system of compensation benefits or insurance in lieu of the compensation and insurance provided by this…

287.380. Employer or insurer to make report to division, requirements — information not to be disclosed — failure to report, penalty. — 1. Every employer or his insurer in this state, whether he has accepted or rejected the provisions of this chapter, shall within thirty days aft…

287.390. Compromise settlements, how made — validity, effect, settlement with minor dependents — employee entitled to one hundred percent of offer, when — maximum medical improvement, rating from second physician, when. — 1. Parties to claims hereunder may enter into voluntary ag…

287.400. Accident — duty of division — employer. — Upon receipt of notice of any accident for which compensation other than that provided in section 287.140 is payable, the division shall inform the employee generally of his rights under this chapter. The employer shall notify th…

[Repealed or reserved.]

287.420. Written notice of injury to be given to employer — exceptions. — No proceedings for compensation for any accident under this chapter shall be maintained unless written notice of the time, place and nature of the injury, and the name and address of the person injured, has…

287.430. Limitation as to action, exception. — Except for a claim for recovery filed against the second injury fund, no proceedings for compensation under this chapter shall be maintained unless a claim therefor is filed with the division within two years after the date of injury…

287.440. Limitation begins to run, when. — Where recovery is denied to any person in a suit brought at law or in admiralty to recover damages in respect of bodily injury or death on the ground that the person was an employee and the defendant was an employer subject to and within…

287.450. Failure to agree on compensation — division to hold hearings. — If the employer and employee or his dependents do not agree in regard to compensation payable under this chapter, either party may make application in a manner determined by the division for a hearing in reg…

287.460. Division hearings, findings sent to parties and insurer — mediation services, division to establish procedures, requirements. — 1. The division, through an administrative law judge, shall hear in a summary proceeding the parties at issue and their representatives and wit…

287.470. Commission may review and change award. — Upon its own motion or upon the application of any party in interest on the ground of a change in condition, the commission may at any time upon a rehearing after due notice to the parties interested review any award and on such …

287.480. Application for review, time limit — when deemed filed — bond required, when. — 1. If an application for review is made to the commission within twenty days from the date of the award, the full commission, if the first hearing was not held before the full commission, sha…

287.490. Final award conclusive unless an appeal is taken — grounds for setting aside — disputes governed by this section, claims arising before August 13, 1980. — 1. The final award of the commission shall be conclusive and binding unless either party to the dispute shall within…

287.495. Final award conclusive unless an appeal is taken — grounds for setting aside — disputes governed by this section, claims arising on or after August 13, 1980. — 1. The final award of the commission shall be conclusive and binding unless either party to the dispute shall, …

287.500. Circuit court may act upon memorandum — procedure. — Any party in interest may file in the circuit court of the county in which the accident occurred, a certified copy of a memorandum of agreement approved by the division or by the commission or of an order or decision o…

287.510. Temporary or partial awards may be made. — In any case a temporary or partial award of compensation may be made, and the same may be modified from time to time to meet the needs of the case, and the same may be kept open until a final award can be made, and if the same b…

287.520. Notice — manner of serving. — 1. Any notice required under this chapter shall be deemed to have been properly given and served when sent by registered or certified mail properly stamped and addressed to the person or entity to whom given, at the last known address in tim…

287.530. Commission or division may commute compensation, when and how. — 1. The compensation provided in this chapter may be commuted by the division or the commission and redeemed by the payment in whole or in part, by the employer, of a lump sum which shall be fixed by the div…

287.540. Compensation commuted — funds, how paid out. — On notice to the other parties the commission or court may permit the employer to be discharged from further liability under any agreement, award or judgment for compensation by furnishing to the person entitled thereto an a…

287.550. Proceedings before commission to be informal and summary. — All proceedings before the commission or any commissioner shall be simple, informal, and summary, and without regard to the technical rules of evidence, and in accordance with section 287.800. All such proceedin…

287.560. Division or commission may administer oaths, issue process, take depositions — depositions may be taken by electronic means — costs, how paid. — The division, any administrative law judge thereof or the commission, shall have power to issue process, subpoena witnesses, a…

287.570. Contempt — penalty. — If any person subpoenaed to appear at any hearing or proceeding, fails to obey the command of such subpoena without reasonable cause, or if any person at attendance at any hearing or proceeding shall without reasonable cause, refuse to be sworn, or …

287.580. Death, pending proceedings — action shall not abate. — If any party shall die pending any proceedings under this chapter, the same shall not abate, but on notice to the parties may be revived and proceed in favor of the successor to the rights or against the personal rep…

287.590. Division may be sued — official seal. — The division may sue and be sued in its official name. The division shall have an official seal bearing the inscription: "The Division of Workers' Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations". The official seal…

287.600. Oath of office. — Each person appointed to office of employment by the division shall, before entering upon his duties, take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States, and of this state, and to faithfully and honestly discha…

287.610. Additional administrative law judges, appointment and qualification, limit on number — annual evaluations — review committee, retention vote — jurisdiction, powers — continuing training required — performance audits required — rules. — 1. After August 28, 2005, the divis…

*287.615. Employees of division — compensation — selection. — 1. The division may appoint or employ such persons as may be necessary to the proper administration of this chapter. All salaries to clerical employees shall be fixed by the division and approved by the labor and indus…

287.620. Attorney general legal adviser. — It shall be the duty of the attorney general to furnish the division or the commission with such legal services as may be required, and to appear on behalf of the division or the commission in all actions or proceedings to which they may…

287.630. Forms, other material furnished by commission and division. — The division and the commission shall prepare and furnish free of charge blank forms of all notices, claims, reports, proofs, and other blank forms and literature which they may deem proper and requisite to th…

287.640. Necessary offices to be provided, where — salaries — traveling expenses, how paid — hearings, where held. — 1. The division of workers' compensation shall be provided with offices at the state capital, and St. Louis, St. Joseph, Cape Girardeau, Joplin, Springfield and Ka…

287.642. Public information programs, division to establish. — The division of workers' compensation shall create in each of its area offices a public information program to assist all parties involved with an injury or claim under this chapter. ­­-------- (L. 1992 H.B. 975 § 1, …

287.650. Division to make rules and regulations — power to destroy reports, when — rules. — 1. The division of workers' compensation shall have such powers as may be necessary to carry out all the provisions of this chapter including the use of electronic processes, and it may ma…

287.655. Dismissal of claims, when, how, effect. — Any claim before the division may be dismissed for failure to prosecute in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the commission. Such notice shall be made in a manner determined by the division, except that for the…