Is a USA employer required to provide worker's compensation insurance to a contractor if the contractor signed away the insurance?

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Is a USA employer required to provide worker's compensation to a contractor if the contractor signed away that insurance and said such employer is not required to provide?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 16 '21 at 12:19

Employers must insure employees, not independent contractors

However, whether the relationship is employer-employee or principal-contractor is not for the parties to specify.

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Is a USA employer required to provide worker's compensation insurance to a contractor if the contractor signed away the insurance?

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Employers must insure employees, not independent contractors