44-503a. Multiple employment; apportionment of liability.
44-503a
44-503a. Multiple employment; apportionment of liability.Whenever an employee is engaged in multiple employment, in which suchemployee performs the same or a very similar type of work on a part-timebasis for each of two (2) or more employers, and such employee sustains aninjury by accident which arose out of and in the course of the multipleemployment with all such employers, and which did not clearly arise out ofand in the course of employment with any particular employer, all suchemployers shall be liable to pay a proportionate amount of the compensationpayable under the workmen's compensation act as follows: Each such employershall be liable for such proportion of the total amount of compensationwhich is required to be paid by all such employers, as the average grossweekly wages paid to the employee by such employer, bears to the totalaverage gross weekly wages paid to the employee by all such employers,determined as provided in subsection (b) (7) of K.S.A. 44-511, as amended.
History: L. 1974, ch. 203, § 15; July 1.