{"id":912,"date":"2024-04-27T10:27:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlandinjurylaw.com\/?page_id=912"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:12:30","slug":"puede-su-empleador-le-obligan-a-utilizar-el-tiempo-de-vacaciones-o-licencia-por-enfermedad-para-la-compensacion-de-los-trabajadores-en-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northlandinjurylaw.com\/es\/blog\/puede-su-empleador-le-obligan-a-utilizar-el-tiempo-de-vacaciones-o-licencia-por-enfermedad-para-la-compensacion-de-los-trabajadores-en-missouri\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPuede su empleador obligarle a utilizar las vacaciones o la baja por enfermedad para la compensaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores en el Missouri?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Entender c\u00f3mo funciona la compensaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores en el estado de Missouri.<\/h3>\n<p>Con algunas excepciones menores, la ley de compensaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores de Missouri ofrece cobertura a todos los trabajadores que se lesionan en el trabajo mientras trabajan en Missouri. La Divisi\u00f3n de Compensaci\u00f3n de Trabajadores del Departamento de Trabajo y Relaciones Industriales de Missouri administra la ley de compensaci\u00f3n de trabajadores de Missouri. Lo m\u00e1s importante que puede hacer es hablar con un abogado especializado en accidentes de trabajo. Llame a <a href=\"https:\/\/northlandinjurylaw.com\/es\/abogado-de-compensacion-de-trabajadores-de-kansas-city\/\">Ley de lesiones de Northland<\/a><strong> en <a href=\"tel:8164004878\">816-400-4878<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>\u00bfPuede su empleador obligarle a utilizar las vacaciones o la baja por enfermedad para la compensaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores?<\/h6>\n<p>Las leyes de indemnizaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores en Missouri establecen que si un trabajador se lesiona en el trabajo o enferma debido a su actividad laboral, el seguro que tiene la empresa debe cubrir su tratamiento y los salarios perdidos.<\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, la ley Missouri tampoco menciona las vacaciones ni los d\u00edas de baja por enfermedad. Como tales, los empresarios son libres de ofrecerlos como prestaciones adicionales por un trabajo y tambi\u00e9n pueden decidir por s\u00ed mismos c\u00f3mo reforzar estas normas.<\/p>\n<p>If you have paid vacation or sick days, it is only because your employer chose to offer you these benefits, and not because the state says they must include them. However, Missouri law does draw an important distinction: under RSMo Chapter 287, an employer <em>may<\/em> require an employee who has been released back to work to use accrued leave for occasional medical appointments or rehabilitation visits during work hours, but an employer <strong>cannot<\/strong> require a worker who is entirely unable to work due to a work-related injury to exhaust their leave benefits in place of workers&#8217; compensation. Because of this distinction, Missouri compensation law has no provision expressly permitting employers to impose sick or vacation days on an injured worker who is fully off work and receiving, or entitled to receive, workers&#8217; compensation benefits.<\/p>\n<h6>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 har\u00eda esto un empresario?<\/h6>\n<p>Si te lesionas en el trabajo, las leyes Missouri dicen que la indemnizaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n debe cubrir los salarios perdidos. Sin embargo, si un empresario te obliga a coger vacaciones pagadas o d\u00edas por enfermedad para recuperarte, entonces ya no podemos hablar de lucro cesante.<\/p>\n<p>Por eso, los trabajadores lesionados pueden utilizar estas prestaciones s\u00f3lo para asegurarse de que reciben el tratamiento necesario para sus lesiones. Cuando vuelvan al trabajo y necesiten la baja, sus d\u00edas libres saldr\u00e1n de su salario.<\/p>\n<h6>\u00bfQu\u00e9 opciones hay?<\/h6>\n<p>Puede evitar esta pr\u00e1ctica presentando una reclamaci\u00f3n de indemnizaci\u00f3n por accidente laboral. Si la compa\u00f1\u00eda de seguros o el Departamento Missouri de Indemnizaci\u00f3n por Accidentes de Trabajo le conceden la reclamaci\u00f3n, <strong>entonces el empresario ya no puede intervenir para obligarle a utilizar sus d\u00edas de enfermedad o vacaciones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>Hable con un abogado laboralista<\/h6>\n<p>Un abogado Missouri con experiencia en compensaci\u00f3n de trabajadores puede ser un activo inestimable para su caso, especialmente si usted fue gravemente herido y no puede volver a trabajar. Usted debe considerar seriamente la posibilidad de hablar con un abogado de compensaci\u00f3n de trabajadores si necesita apelar una denegaci\u00f3n de su reclamo y \/ o sus lesiones son graves o complejas. Para obtener una lista m\u00e1s completa de todas las preguntas que pueda tener acerca de la compensaci\u00f3n de los trabajadores y para una consulta gratuita, por favor llame al  <strong><a href=\"tel:8164004878\">(816)-400-4878<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Si tiene m\u00e1s preguntas sobre su caso, no dude en ponerse en contacto con nosotros por tel\u00e9fono, a trav\u00e9s del formulario de contacto, o incluso con la opci\u00f3n de chat en directo que aparece en nuestro <a href=\"https:\/\/northlandinjurylaw.com\/es\/abogado-de-compensacion-de-trabajadores-de-kansas-city\/\">sitio<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understand how workers&#8217; compensation works in the state of Missouri. With some minor exceptions, Missouri workers\u2019 compensation law provides coverage for all workers injured on the job while working within Missouri. The Workers\u2019 Compensation Division of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations administers Missouri workers\u2019 compensation law. The most important thing you can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northlandinjurylaw.com\/es\/blog\/puede-su-empleador-le-obligan-a-utilizar-el-tiempo-de-vacaciones-o-licencia-por-enfermedad-para-la-compensacion-de-los-trabajadores-en-missouri\/\" class=\"more-link\">Seguir leyendo<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can Your Employer Force You to Use Vacation Time or Sick Leave for Workers\u2019 Comp in Missouri?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-compensation","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Your Employer Force You to Use Vacation Time or Sick Leave for Workers\u2019 Comp in Missouri? 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