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An independent contractor is someone you hire who: ? Performs a job that is not similar or connected to your business, and. ? Whose work you have no direction or control over. Kentucky Office of Unemployment Insurance uses multiple tests to determine if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.

All employers in Kentucky are required to carry workers' compensation insurance if they have one or more employees. To be eligible for workers' comp, you must suffer from a work-related injury or occupational disease. The law permits people to receive benefits even if their own negligence caused their accident.

In general, you have to include yourself in your company's workers' compensation coverage. The exceptions are if: You're a sole proprietor, unless you have employees, in which case then you must provide workers' comp for them. You're part of a partnership that owns the firm.

Under Kentucky workers' comp laws, certain employees are exempt from coverage, including: Any person employed in agriculture. Members of a religious sect or organization that oppose insurance benefits. Domestic workers employed in a private home with less than two regularly employed workers.

Are They Covered Under Workers' Comp? ?True? independent contractors are not covered under workers' compensation laws in Kentucky. Therefore, they would not be able to pursue these benefits. Some employers may classify an employer as an independent contractor to get out of paying taxes.

Complete Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation Businesses that pay more than $600 per year to an independent contractor must complete Form 1099-NEC and provide copies to both the IRS and the freelancer by the specified annual deadline.