Jeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.
Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal EditorJeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.
Written By Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal EditorJeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.
Jeffrey Johnson, J.D. Deputy Legal EditorJeffrey Johnson has written novels and movies in addition to legal analyses of eminent domain and immigration law. His experience in writing engaging fiction makes him uniquely capable of making the most dry and academic legal topics interesting (or.
Deputy Legal EditorAdam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.
Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.
Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.
Adam has resided at the intersection of legal and journalism for two decades. An award-winning journalist and legal strategist, he’s covered high-profile trials in Florida. After law school, Adam and spent two years clerking for a U.S. District Co.
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Although workers compensation exists throughout the country, there are different workers compensation laws in each state. Basically, workers compensation laws require most employers to pay a type of insurance that then covers the expenses of employees injured at work.
In nearly every state, however, there are some exceptions to what type of employee is covered by workers’ compensation requirements.
One of the groups that workers’ compensation laws most commonly do not cover across all states is what’s called casual employees. A casual employee is a worker who does not have set hours or a specific amount of hours.
Another common exception applies to those who work for family — especially if the employee is related to the owner of a farm and works less than 40 hours per week, but the laws in each state vary greatly about this.
Some states have quite a few exceptions, but there are others with no exceptions at all. In Ohio, for example, workers compensation laws apply to any employee, even those who are hired or who work illegally.
In the table below, we’ve gathered links to all the departments in charge of workers’ compensation laws and administration across the country. In addition to providing the law and the departments overseeing, we’ve listed the exemptions and some quirks of the laws from state to state.
This is only a broad overview of workers’ compensation laws. You can learn more about what to do if you’re injured at work by reviewing our workers’ compensation lawsuit guide or learning how a workers’ compensation settlement works.
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