Employer defined
This law explains what counts as an 'employer' under Missouri's workers' compensation rules. It covers businesses, companies, governments, schools, and other groups that pay people to work for them. Most employers need at least five workers to be covered, but construction employers who build, tear down, fix, or repair things only need one worker to be covered. Family members related within three degrees count toward that total number of workers.
287.030. Employer defined. — 1. The word "employer" as used in this chapter shall be to mean:
(1) Every person, , association, , or company, , , the of a deceased employer, and every other person, including any person or corporation operating a railroad and any public corporation, using the service of another for pay;
(2) The state, county, , township, school or road, drainage, swamp and levee districts, or school s, board of education, regents, curators, managers or control , board or any other , corporation, or , or cities under , or under the commission form of government;
(3) Any of the above-defined employers must have five or more employees to be an employer for the purposes of this chapter unless is made to become subject to the of this chapter as provided in 2 of section 287.090, except that construction industry employers who erect, demolish, alter or repair improvements shall be deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter if they have one or more employees. An employee who is a member of the employer's family within the shall be counted in determining the total number of employees of such employer.
2. Any reference to the employer shall also include his or her or .
(RSMo 1939 § 3694, A.L. 1974 S.B. 417, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1260, A.L. 1979 H.B. 496, A.L. 1990 S.B. 751, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1237, et al.)
Prior revision: 1929 § 3304
(1958) Where employee of company owning trucks was placed under direction of company which leased a tractor and trailer and latter company had right to control him in performance of his duties, he became employee of leasing company and his general employer was not for his accidental death while so employed. Patton v. Patton (Mo.), 308 S.W.2d 739.
(2010) Strict construction of definition of "employer" mandates that a co-employee does not qualify as such and thus is not entitled to invoke employer . Robinson v. Hooker, 323 S.W.3d 418 (Mo.App. W.D.).
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