Necessary offices to be provided, where
The workers' compensation division has offices in several Missouri cities. Workers are paid back for travel costs when doing their job away from their office, but only after they swear the costs are real and get approval. Hearings about a workplace accident are normally held in the county where the accident happened, or a county next to it. If the accident happened outside Missouri, the hearing is held where the work agreement was made or where the worker mainly worked.
287.640. Necessary offices to be provided, where — salaries — traveling expenses, how paid — s, where held. — 1. The shall be provided with offices at the state capital, and St. Louis, St. Joseph, Cape Girardeau, Joplin, Springfield and Kansas City, and in such other places, not to exceed two, as the deems necessary for the efficient of the business of the division, in which offices its records shall be kept, but its permanent records shall be kept in Jefferson City. The division shall also be provided with the necessary office furniture, books, stationery and other supplies. The division and each of its appointees and employees shall have to them their actual traveling expenses and in the of their duties while away from their regular offices and places of residence, but the same shall not be paid until by the of the person who incurred them and approved by the division. All salaries, expenses and costs under this chapter shall be paid monthly out of the from the for the support of the division of workers' compensation of the .
2. Unless the parties otherwise agree, all original hearings shall be held in the county, or in a city not part of any county, where the accident occurred, or in any county, or such city, adjacent , or if the accident occurred outside of the state, then the hearing shall be held in the county or city where the was made, or the county where of the employee was . If cannot otherwise be established by this , then the division shall determine the venue of the hearing. The division shall determine the location of the hearing within the county, or , of venue.
3. Hearings before the on may be held at the place the , having due regard for the convenience of the parties.
(RSMo 1939 § 3750, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 449, A.L. 1955 p. 594, A.L. 1957 p. 518, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1396, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1237, et al.)
Prior revision: 1929 § 3360
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