A roof painter who signed an independent subcontractor agreement after being injured at the job site is still eligible for workers’ compensation benefits because he was an employee at the time of his injury, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel on July 17 affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s decision to award benefits to Thomas Farrier, ruling that he had not yet entered into an agreement with Lee’s Metal Roof Coatings and Painting at the time of his injury and should therefore have been classified as an employee under the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act.
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