Do Kentucky employers have to offer workers’ compensation to an injured employee?

Kentucky has a set of statues, referred to as the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation law, that mandates employers to provide lost wages, medical treatment and other benefits for on the job injuries. To learn more about the law and the statutes that relate specifically to workers’ compensation, read the Kentucky Revised Statutes in Chapter 342.

Kentucky law requires companies to pay a worker for medical treatments as a result of an injury sustained at work. Injured workers may also get lost wage benefits while recovering and being unable to work. Workers’ compensation also covers lifetime medical treatment, permanent disability benefits and vocational rehabilitation. There are no co-payments or deductibles paid by the injured workers.

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