Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Jun. 02, 1998
The issue is whether two persons were employees or independent contractors of Respondent, pursuant to Chapter 440, Florida Statutes, and, if employees, an additional issue is the penalty that Petitioner should impose against Respondent for his failure to obtain workers’ compensation coverage for the two employees.$1000 penalty for failing to obtain workers` comp. insurance for two employees whom employer incorrectly treated as independent contractors; failure of Petitioner to show payments were to employees, not independent contractors, precludes larger penalty.
