Select the FALSE statement concerning WORKERS' COMPENSATION in Missouri. An employee can choose whether to bring a tort suit against his employer or a workers compensation claim for a physical work-related on-the-job injury. Even though the employer encouraged participation in the activity, an injury resulting from participation in an employer-sponsored pickleball game is not eligible for workers' compensation The amount of an employee's benefits can be reduced if the employee fails to follow work safety rules. Work must be the "prevailing factor" in causing the injury that arises out of and in the course of employment.