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Alaska: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingAKMaine: Tell your employer: 30 days (up to 90 days if late by mistake)MEVermont: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleVTNew Hampshire: Tell your employer: As soon as possible, within 2 yearsNHWashington: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleWAIdaho: Tell your employer: 60 daysIDMontana: Tell your employer: 30 daysMTNorth Dakota: Tell your employer: As soon as possible (benefits can be affected if you wait longer than 7 days)NDMinnesota: Tell your employer: 14 days for full benefits; 180 days at the latestMNIllinois: Tell your employer: 45 days (90 days for radiation exposure)ILWisconsin: Tell your employer: 30 days (up to 2 years if the employer knew)WIMichigan: Tell your employer: 90 daysMINew York: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingNYRhode Island: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingRIMassachusetts: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleMAOregon: Tell your employer: 90 days, in writing (up to 1 year with good cause)ORNevada: Tell your employer: 7 days, in writing (Form C-1)NVWyoming: Tell your employer: 72 hours to your employer; injury report within 10 daysWYSouth Dakota: Tell your employer: 3 business days, in writingSDIowa: Tell your employer: 90 daysIAIndiana: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingINOhio: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleOHPennsylvania: Tell your employer: 21 days for benefits from day one; no benefits if after 120 daysPANew Jersey: Tell your employer: 14 days (up to 90 days if the employer is not harmed)NJConnecticut: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleCTCalifornia: Tell your employer: 30 daysCAUtah: Tell your employer: 180 daysUTColorado: Tell your employer: 4 working days, in writingCONebraska: Tell your employer: As soon as possible, in writingNEMissouri: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingMOKentucky: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleKYWest Virginia: Tell your employer: As soon as possible, in writingWVVirginia: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingVAMaryland: Tell your employer: 10 daysMDDelaware: Tell your employer: 90 daysDEArizona: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleAZNew Mexico: Tell your employer: 15 days, in writingNMKansas: Tell your employer: 20 daysKSArkansas: Tell your employer: As soon as possible, in writing (Form N)ARTennessee: Tell your employer: 15 days, in writingTNNorth Carolina: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingNCSouth Carolina: Tell your employer: 90 daysSCDistrict of Columbia: Tell your employer: 30 days, in writingDCOklahoma: Tell your employer: 30 daysOKLouisiana: Tell your employer: 30 daysLAMississippi: Tell your employer: 30 daysMSAlabama: Tell your employer: 5 days, in writing (up to 90 days if there is a good reason)ALGeorgia: Tell your employer: 30 daysGAHawaii: Tell your employer: As soon as possibleHITexas: Tell your employer: 30 daysTXFlorida: Tell your employer: 30 daysFL

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