HB 185
Rep Michael Melerine
which provides relative to the definition of an independent contractor was reported favorably the House Labor and Industrial Relations Committee This bill expands the definition of an independent contractor for workers’ compensation purposes and seeks to restore tort immunity for employers against contracted workers of independent contractors This bill expands the definition of an independent contractor for workers’ compensation purposes and seeks to restore tort immunity for employers against contracted workers of independent contractors It applies only to individuals covered under the manual labor exception provided in workers’ compensation law The intent seemed to be to provide greater workers’ compensation coverage so that employers cannot be sued in a general tort action when these individuals are injured while working