Coverage for Farm Workers: Optional

Limitations: Employer can chose to waive exception of agricultural work from workers' compensation.

Statute: Ark. Code Ann. §§ 11-9-102(11)(A)(iii), 11-9-403(a) (2008)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Not Defined in Statue or Case Law

Case Law: There is no case law answering this question.

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: Undocumented worker's nonresident depedent children are eligible for survivor benefits after undocumented worker's death due to workplace accident. Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Rodriguez, 2009 WL 331439, 3 (Ark. Ct. App. 2009). However, this does not answer the question of whether undocumented workers are eligible for benefits, because the analysis in the case focused solely on the children and whether they were dependents. There was no discussion of whether the undocumented worker himself was eligible for benefits (or whether the children might be ineligible because he was ineligible himself due to his immigration status).