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WY Stat § 27-14-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 1 - Generally|Section 27-14-104 - Exclusive Remedy as to Employer; Nonliability of Co-Employees; No Relief From Liability; Rights as to Delinquent or Noncontributing Employer.

27-14-104. Exclusive remedy as to employer; nonliability of co-employees; no relief from liability; rights as to delinquent or noncontributing employer.| (a) The rights and remedies provided in this act for an employee including any joint employee, and his dependents for injuries incurred in extrahazardous employments are in lieu of all other rights and remedies against any employer and any joint employer making contributions required by this act, or their employees acting within the scope of their employment unless the employees intentionally act to cause physical harm or injury to the injured employee, but do not supersede any rights and remedies available to an employee and his dependents against any other person.  (b) No contract, rule, regulation or device shall operate to relieve an employer from any liability created by this act except as otherwise provided by this act.  (c) This act does not limit or affect any right or action by any employee and his dependents against an employer for injuries received while employed by the employer when the employer at the time of the injuries has not qualified under this act for the coverage of his eligible employees, or having qualified, has not paid the required premium on an injured employee's earnings within thirty (30) days of the date due. When an employee's employment starts within the same month as the injury, the status of delinquency or not contributing shall not apply until after the regular payroll reporting date.
WY Stat § 27-14-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 1 - Generally|Section 27-14-106 - Minor Employee to Be Free of Any Legal Disability.

27-14-106. Minor employee to be free of any legal disability.| A minor shall be deemed free of any legal disability for the purposes of this act and no other person has any cause of action or right to compensation for his injury except as expressly provided in this act.
WY Stat § 27-14-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 1 - Generally|Section 27-14-109 - Collective System for County Governments or County Governmental Entities.

27-14-109. Collective system for county governments or county governmental entities.| The division, upon application, may allow county governments or county governmental entities to establish a collective system to report payroll, pay premiums, process injury reports, manage claims and provide other services required under this chapter for the employees of the county governments or county governmental entities. The division shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this section.
WY Stat § 27-14-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 1 - Generally|Section 27-14-110 - Student Learner Agreements.

27-14-110. Student learner agreements.| (a) A Wyoming school district, community college or technical school and an employer may enter into a student learner agreement for the purposes of providing student learners vocational work and training opportunities and for student learners to earn course credit from the school district, community college or technical school, compensation from the employer, or both. A copy of any student learner agreement entered into under this section shall be submitted by the employer to the division.  (b) A student learner may enter into a student training agreement with an employer to complete work or vocational training at the employer's business for course credit from the school district, community college or technical school, compensation from the employer, or both. A copy of any student training agreement entered into under this section shall be submitted by the employer to the division.  (c) The employer shall notify the division if:  (i) A student learner agreement is terminated or extended with a school district, community college or technical school, and if terminated, the date of termination;  (ii) A student training agreement is extended or terminated, and if terminated, the date of termination.  (d) An employer may enter into student learner agreements with more than one (1) Wyoming school district, community college or technical school, provided that the employer shall enter into separate student learner agreements with each school district, community college or technical school.  (e) The division shall create and maintain standard student learner agreements and student training agreements for use by employers, student learners, school districts, community colleges and technical schools. The standard agreements shall be maintained on the department's website and provided to employers, students, school districts, community colleges and technical schools.  (f) A student learner who enters into a student training agreement with an employer who has a valid and current student learner agreement with the student learner's school district, community college or technical school shall be covered under the worker's compensation program established in this act. Each employer shall pay the premiums charged for each student learner as required under this act. The division shall account for student learners in calculating benefits charged to an employer's experience rating account under this act.  (g) The division shall establish rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
WY Stat § 27-14-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 2 - Premiums and Rates|Section 27-14-204 - Coverage of Out-of-State Injuries; Filing.

27-14-204. Coverage of out-of-state injuries; filing.| (a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 177, § 2.  (b) The payment or award of benefits under the worker's compensation law of another state to an employee or his dependents otherwise entitled on account of the injury or death to the benefits of this act is not a bar to a claim for benefits under this act if a claim under this act is filed within the time limits set forth in W.S. 27-14-503. If compensation is paid or awarded under this act, the total amounts of medical and related income and death benefits paid or awarded under another worker's compensation law shall be credited against the total corresponding medical and related income and death benefits due under this act.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 29, §§ 1, 2.  (d) Any employee injured outside of the state of Wyoming and coming under the provisions of this section shall file his application for compensation with the division.
WY Stat § 27-14-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 2 - Premiums and Rates|Section 27-14-205 - State Contributions; Presumed Pay of Specified Employees.

27-14-205. State contributions; presumed pay of specified employees.| (a) State agencies shall administer this act as an employer with respect to its employees including filing payroll reports and submitting premium payments for those employees engaged in extrahazardous employment and covered under this act. Each state agency having officers or employees subject to this act shall file payroll reports and submit premium payments as required by this act. Premium payments for coverage of any employee employed under a federally funded program administered by an agency may be made from available federal funds.  (b) For the purpose of determining employer contributions under this act, all school-to-work participants for which coverage has been elected under W.S. 27-14-108(m), all persons receiving training under any work or job training program for which coverage has been elected under W.S. 27-14-108(p), all volunteers covered under this act, mine rescue team members, recipients of any welfare program performing work for a governmental entity, federal programs which require coverage for their participants, prisoners and probationers under W.S. 27-14-108(d)(ix) and persons performing community service pursuant to a criminal sentencing order, or a diversion agreement entered into with a prosecuting authority, under W.S. 27-14-108(d)(xv), are deemed to be paid for each month of active service, an amount established by rule and regulation of the division based upon the cost of the specific employment category to the worker's compensation account. This amount shall be established solely as a basis for determining employer contributions and is not binding upon any employer as an actual required salary for any volunteer or other individual enumerated under this subsection.  (c) For purposes of determining employer contributions under this act for officers of a corporation or members of a limited liability company electing coverage under W.S. 27-14-108(k), rates shall be applied for each officer or member covered under this act against the statewide average wage for the preceding twelve (12) month period as determined under W.S. 27-14-802(b).  (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, a school district or community college district may make payroll reports and payments on behalf of any employer electing coverage for school-to-work participants under W.S. 27-14-108(m). If a school or community college district elects to make payments under this subsection, the district shall continue to make reports and payments for the duration of participation by the school-to-work participant with that employer.
WY Stat § 27-14-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 2 - Premiums and Rates|Section 27-14-206 - Public Contract Work; Coverage Procedure; Responsibility on Private Contracts.

27-14-206. Public contract work; coverage procedure; responsibility on private contracts.| (a) If the state, county, University of Wyoming, community college district, school district, special district or municipality engages in work in which employees are employed for wages and if the work is being done by contract, the payroll of the prime or general contractor or subcontractor shall be the basis of computation for the payroll assessment. The required payments shall be subject to the provisions of this act and the state, the county, university, community college district, school district, special district or municipality, shall be entitled to collect from the prime or general contractor the full amount payable under this act unless the subcontractor primarily liable for the payment of premiums has paid the premiums as provided for in this act.  (b) The prime or general contractor shall secure certification when a contract is awarded or before permitting a subcontractor to begin work, that the subcontractor has in good standing an account under this act that covers all coverable employees in the employ of the subcontractor.  (c) The state, county, university, community college district, school district, special district or municipality shall secure certification before allowing a prime or general contractor to permit coverable employees to start work on a contract, that the contractor, prime or general, has in good standing an account under this act that covers employees who are subject to this act.  (d) Before final settlement is made by the state, county, university, community college district, school district, special district or municipality, the contractor shall furnish evidence that all obligations for covered employees on the contract have been paid as provided by this act.  (e) In private work a contractor who subcontracts all or any part of a contract is liable for the payment of worker's compensation premiums for the employees of the subcontractor unless the subcontractor primarily liable for the payment of premiums has paid the premiums as provided for in this act. Any contractor or his carrier who becomes liable for the premiums may recover the amount of the premiums paid and necessary expenses from the subcontractor primarily liable therefor. For premiums paid on behalf of the employees of any subcontractor pursuant to this subsection, the contractor shall be afforded all privileges and immunities under this act as if he were the employer of the subcontractor's employees.  (f) The owner or lessee of land shall be deemed a contractor when he contracts with another who shall be deemed a subcontractor to have work performed of a kind which is a regular or recurrent part of the work of the trade, business, occupation or profession of the owner or lessee. This subsection shall not apply to the owner or lessee of land principally used for agriculture.
WY Stat § 27-14-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-301 - Applicability of Provisions; Reciprocity.

27-14-301. Applicability of provisions; reciprocity.| (a) This act applies to all injuries and deaths occurring in Wyoming in employment described in W.S. 27-14-108(a), (d), (e), (j), (k) or (m) but applies to injuries and deaths occurring in Wyoming to employees of nonresident employers only if the worker's compensation or similar law of the nonresident employer's home state applies to all injuries and deaths occurring in that state or the nonresident employer's home state and Wyoming have an active agreement under W.S. 27-14-306(d). This act applies to all injuries and deaths occurring outside of Wyoming in employment described in W.S. 27-14-108(a), (d), (e), (j), (k) or (m) under the following conditions:  (i) Repealed by Laws 2006, Chapter 2, § 2.  (ii) The employee at the time of the injury is working under a contract for hire made in Wyoming for employment by an employer who has a principal place of business within the state established for legitimate business-related purposes and the employment is within the United States, a United States territory, Canada or Mexico, but which is not principally localized in any other state, United States territory, Canada or Mexico; or  (iii) The employee at the time of the injury is working under a contract for hire made in Wyoming for employment principally localized in another state, United States territory, Canada or Mexico, the workers' compensation law of which jurisdiction does not require that the employment be covered by a workers' compensation insurance policy issued under the laws of that jurisdiction.  (b) Repealed By Laws 2006, Chapter 2, § 2.
WY Stat § 27-14-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-302 - Required Reporting; Security Required for Certain Nonresident Employers.

27-14-302. Required reporting; security required for certain nonresident employers.| (a) Nonresident employers before starting work, and from time to time after the work has been commenced, shall report to the director the nature and progress of the work, the location of the work and the number of employees engaged in and upon the work and likely to be so engaged for the next thirty (30) days, giving further and detailed information as the director may reasonably demand.  (b) Before starting business or engaging work in this state, a nonresident employer as defined by W.S. 27-1-106(a) shall register as required by W.S. 27-14-207, and shall either pay an advance premium deposit as provided in the department's rules and regulations or shall file with the director a surety bond or other security approved by the director, as provided in W.S. 27-1-106.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 93, § 2.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1991, ch. 93, § 2.  (e) The requirements of this section shall be waived if the nonresident employer provides a certificate of coverage pursuant to W.S. 27-14-306(b).
WY Stat § 27-14-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-303 - Contract With Nonresident Conditioned Upon Compliance.

27-14-303. Contract with nonresident conditioned upon compliance.| A contract shall not be let to a nonresident employer for work or services within the state until the contributions provided by this act have been paid.
WY Stat § 27-14-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-304 - Return of Deposit to Nonresident Employer After Cessation of Operations.

27-14-304. Return of deposit to nonresident employer after cessation of operations.| Money, bonds or other security deposited pursuant to this act shall be returned to the nonresident employer in accordance with W.S. 27-1-106.
WY Stat § 27-14-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-305 - Secretary of State Designated Agent for Service of Process.

27-14-305. Secretary of state designated agent for service of process.| Nonresident employers upon engaging in any covered employment, unless they designate a resident agent for service of process, shall be deemed from the date of the commencement of work to have designated the secretary of state as their agent for service of any process upon them in any action prosecuted pursuant to this act. The secretary of state upon the receipt of any process shall send the process by certified or registered mail return receipt requested to the last known address of the employer.
WY Stat § 27-14-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-306 - Extraterritorial Applicability of Provisions; Reciprocity.

27-14-306. Extraterritorial applicability of provisions; reciprocity.| (a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 177, § 2.  (b) A certificate from an authorized officer of the worker's compensation department or similar agency of another state certifying that an employer of that state is bound by the worker's compensation or similar law of that state and the law will be applied to employees of the employer while in this state, is prima facie evidence of the application of the worker's compensation or similar law of the certifying state. This subsection shall apply only when the certifying state accepts Wyoming worker's compensation certification as prima facie evidence of the application of Wyoming worker's compensation or similar law or when the certifying state and Wyoming have an active agreement under subsection (d) of this section.  (c) The benefits under this act or similar laws of the other state that are received by the employee for an injury sustained while working for the employer in this state are the exclusive remedy against the employer and coemployees acting within the scope of their employment for an injury whether or not that injury resulted in death.  (d) Upon approval of the governor, the division shall enter into an agreement with any worker's compensation division or similar agency of another state to promulgate regulations not inconsistent with this act to carry out the extraterritorial application of the worker's compensation or similar law of the agreeing state.
WY Stat § 27-14-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 3 - Nonresident Employers|Section 27-14-307 - Penalty for Failure to Post Bond.

27-14-307. Penalty for failure to post bond.| The willful failure of any nonresident employer in a covered employment to give bond or other security required by this act constitutes a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
WY Stat § 27-14-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 4 - Employee Benefits|Section 27-14-402 - Payment for Artificial Replacement.

27-14-402. Payment for artificial replacement.| In addition to payment of medical and hospital care provided by this act, an injured employee may receive payment for essential and adequate artificial replacement of any part of the body which is amputated. If the injury requires artificial replacement an injured employee may receive payment for any adequate and essential artificial aid to hearing or sight, a spinal brace or other similar brace or for artificial dental replacement. Payment for artificial dental replacement shall be in accordance with the schedule adopted by the division.
WY Stat § 27-14-406 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 4 - Employee Benefits|Section 27-14-406 - Permanent Total Disability; Benefits.

27-14-406. Permanent total disability; benefits.| (a) Subject to W.S. 27-14-602, upon certification by a physician licensed to practice surgery or medicine that an injury results in permanent total disability as defined under W.S. 27-14-102(a)(xvi), an injured employee shall receive for eighty (80) months a monthly payment as provided by W.S. 27-14-403(c) and dependent children shall receive an award as provided by W.S. 27-14-403(b). The eighty (80) month period shall be reduced by the number of months for which previous awards under W.S. 27-14-405 were made for the injury that resulted in the determination of permanent total disability, with the injured worker receiving the monthly amount calculated pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) for the balance of the eighty (80) month period. The monthly payment amount computed under W.S. 27-14-403(c) and any amount awarded under W.S. 27-14-408 shall constitute the exclusive benefit for both the physical impairment and the economic loss resulting from an injury, including loss of earnings, extra expenses associated with the injury and vocational rehabilitation. An employee shall not receive benefits under this section if receiving benefits under W.S. 27-14-404 or 27-14-405.  (b) This section specifies the length of time amounts computed pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c) are to be awarded and except for amounts awarded under W.S. 27-14-408, shall not be construed to allow awards in excess of the amounts computed pursuant to W.S. 27-14-403(c).  (c) Any objection to a final determination pursuant to this section shall be referred to the medical commission for hearing by a medical hearing panel acting as hearing examiner pursuant to W.S. 27-14-616.
WY Stat § 27-14-407 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 14 - Worker's Compensation|Article 4 - Employee Benefits|Section 27-14-407 - Forfeiture of Benefits Due to Unsanitary or Injurious Practice.

27-14-407. Forfeiture of benefits due to unsanitary or injurious practice.| If an injured employee knowingly engages or persists in an unsanitary or injurious practice which tends to imperil or retard his recovery, or if he refuses to submit to medical or surgical treatment reasonably essential to promote his recovery, he forfeits all right to compensation under this act. Forfeiture shall be determined by the hearing examiner upon application by the division or employer.