Does my employer have workers’ compensation? Does every company have to have it?

Does my employer have workers’ compensation? Does every company have to have it?

Every Kentucky employer must have workers’ compensation insurance. They are required by law to carry it or, in the alternative, be qualified as self-insured. Moreover, it is mandatory to have a notice of the name of the workers’ compensation insurance carrier posted in the workplace.

If for some reason, your employer does not have workers’ compensation and is not self-insured, that company/employer can be fined $1,000 a day per worker for not having workers’ compensation. That said if you were injured on the job and the company has no workers’ compensation benefits, you could still recover workers’ compensation benefits from the Kentucky Uninsured Employers’ Fund.

To learn more, speak to our attorneys at Hessig & Pohl.

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