Unique Workers’ Compensation Aspects of Independent Contractors and Traveling Employees (OnDemand Webinar)

$149.00

SKU: 404653EAU

Description

Recognize the common factors courts consider in determining whether or not a worker was an employee at the time of an injury.While the decision of whether or not to pay a workers’ compensation claim is multifactored, high on the list of elements is whether the injured worker was in the course and scope of employment. And as black and white an issue as that might seem to be, it is not always so cut and dry. There will be times a worker is designated an independent contractor and thus ineligible from workers’ compensation benefits. The worker may claim that, despite the classification, they were an employee and thus entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Alternatively, there is the everthorny issue of whether a worker that sustained an injury outside of the workplace was considered a traveling employee, which would likely make any claim for benefits for the injury compensable. This topic will provide an overview of the many components considered by the courts in determining whether a worker was in an employment relationship at the time of an injury. In doing so, the material will inform and provide guidance to employers and insurance professionals on the many components of the traditional masterservant relationship that are critical in making judgment calls on compensability.

Date: 2021-12-16 Start Time: End Time:

Learning Objectives

Master-Servant Relationship
• Definition
• Historic Evolution
• Workers’ Compensation Systems

Independent Contractors
• Key Factors to Consider
• Weighing of Various Factors
• Industries That Typically Rely on Independent Contractors for Work

Traveling Employees
• Definition
• Presumption of Compensability
• Compensable and Non-Compensable Activities

Gig Workers and Employment in the Tech Age
• Definition
• Legal Developments
• Impact on Workers’ Compensation

No Credit Available

Michael R. Duffy, Esq.-Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Francis X. Wickersham, Esq. – Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C.