Independent Contractors: Kentucky
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Author: Allen S. Kinzer, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Updating Author: XpertHR Editorial Team
Summary
- Kentucky considers four factors to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under Kentucky's workers' compensation law. See Workers' Compensation.
- A common law test is applied for unemployment insurance law. See Unemployment Insurance.
- Certain workers known as marketplace contractors are considered independent contractors under all Kentucky state and local laws - including the wage and hour, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance laws - if certain conditions are met. See Marketplace Contractors.
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