Every policy or contract of workers’ compensation insurance under this chapter, issued or delivered in this state, shall cover the entire liability of the employer for compensation to each employee subject to this chapter, except as otherwise provided in KRS § 342.020,
342.345, or 342.352. However, if specifically authorized by the commissioner, a separate insurance policy may be issued for a specified plant or work location if the liability of the employer under this chapter to each employee subject to this chapter is otherwise secured and provided that no employee transferred from one plant or work location to another within the employment of the same employer shall thereby lose any benefit rights accumulated under the average weekly wage concept.
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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 342.375

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Workers' Claims under the direction and supervision of the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011
  • Compensation: means all payments made under the provisions of this chapter representing the sum of income benefits and medical and related benefits. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Work: means providing services to another in return for remuneration on a regular and sustained basis in a competitive economy. See Kentucky Statutes 342.0011

Effective: July 15, 2020
History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 36, sec. 42, effective July 15, 2020. — Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1826, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 181, Part 6, sec. 24, effective April 4, 1994; and ch. 512, Part 6, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1994. — Amended 1987 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 44, effective January 4, 1988. — Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 1. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4953.