What is noncompliance and what are the penalties for an employer who does not insure its workers compensation liabilities as required by law?
Every employer who is subject to the requirements of the workers’ compensation law must insure its entire workers’ compensation liability with an insurance carrier that is authorized to insure such liability in the State of Missouri by the Missouri Department of Insurance or qualify to be a self-insured employer by the Division of Workers’ Compensation. Noncompliance is the failure of the employer to carry workers’ compensation insurance when required to do so under the law. An employer who knowingly fails to insure its workers’ compensation liabilities is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and liable to the state of Missouri for a penalty of up to three times the annual premium or up to fifty thousand dollars, whichever amount is greater. A subsequent violation is a class D felony.
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