Workers’ Compensation • “Employee” • “In the Construction Industry” • Construction Workplace Misclassification Act
Uninsured Emp’rs Guar. Fund. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 17-0281 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 17, 2017) 19 pages).
Workers’ compensation appeal board erred in finding that claimant was an employee of restaurant where claimant was performing remodeling work for a restaurant that had not yet opened because restaurant owner did not direct claimant’s work activities and because employer was not “in the construction business.” Reversed.
