Coverage for Farm Workers: Optional

Limitations: Employer may elect to become subject to workers' compensation law. Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-505(b).

Statute: Kan. Stat. Ann. § 44-505(a)(1) (2008)

Coverage for Undocumented Workers: Yes

Case Law: Acosta v. Nat'l Beef Packing Co., L.P., 44 P.3d 330 (Kan. 2002) (allowing undocumented worker to collect worker's compensation award); but see Doe v. Kansas Dep't of Human Res., 90 P.3d 940 (Kan. 2004) (holding that the same undocumented worker as in Acosta, who obtained workers' comp benefit through use of assumed name, could have penalties and fines assessed against her).

Benefits Available for Undocumented Workers: Undocumented worker was allowed to collect on award for temporary partial disability and permanent partial disability payments. Acosta v. Nat'l Beef Packing Co., L.P., 44 P.3d 330, 334-35, 341 (Kan. 2002).