Workers Compensation Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements – KS

KANSAS

Must Employee Give Notice of Injury or Illness to Employer? 

  Yes 

Must Notice Be in Writing? 

  No  

When Must Notice Be Given? 

Within 20 days of the injury 

Exemptions to Notice Requirements 

If employer has actual knowledge of the accident, employer or agent is unavailable to receive notice, or employee is physically unable to give notice.   

Effect of Failure to Notify Employer 

  Claim for compensation barred,  

Other Provisions 

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Citation to Authority 

Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 44-520  

Notice of injury