Should a contracted employee be offered worker's compensation?

[Guest SGriffin]

We are a construction management company and are thinking of contracting a superintendent for one of our projects. This superintendent is requesting we cover his worker's compensation. We do not feel we should be allowing/offering this - is this the case? What are the exceptions?

[GBurns]

WC is not something you can offer to an employee, it is something your company must have if it is so required by state law. It is no different from your General Liability coverage in this respect.

It is also usually not some thing that can cover an independent contractor.

Maybe you want to consider rephrasing.

[david rigby]

You might also look at the website for your state's Department of Labor. There may be a list of frequently asked questions that covers this issue.