OHIO works to create uniform standard

Senate bill (SB25) introduced February 2, 2015 proposes a uniform standard for determining IC/employee status under the wage and hour, unemployment compensation and workers’ compensation statutes. Required are seven factors: (a) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service; (b) the individual customarily is engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business; the individual is a separate and distinct business entity from the entity for which the service is being performed or, if the individual is providing construction services and is a sole proprietorship or a partner in a partnership, the individual is a legitimate sole proprietorship or a partner in a legitimate partnership; (d) the individual incurs the main expenses and has continuing or recurring business liabilities related to the service performed; (e) the individual is liable for breach of contract for failure to complete the service; (f) an agreement, written or oral, express or implied, exists describing the service to be performed, the payment the individual will receive for performance of the service, and the time frame for completion of the service; and (g) the service performed by the individual is outside of the usual course of business of the employer.