Workers’ Compensation – What is a Contract Employee?

It is much more difficult to claim that no employer-employee relationship exists with contract workers than trying to prove a sole proximate cause claim, since these claims are rather easily dismissed. Before any work agreement is signed, employers will attempt to show you that you are not an employee, and in the event of a workplace injury, employers will immediately begin to try to convince you that you were never part of their workforce. They use language to confuse the relationship. More about our “Workers Compensation Lawyers in San Antonio” here
They hire you as a “contractor” to show you that you do not have certain rights and protections, yet they have you do all the work of regular employees. If you are somehow harmed or injured in their workplace, they will then be able to argue that they are not liable for your injuries and thus they can avoid paying you compensation. Employers may think that certain employees are contractors, but Texas law may classify you in truth as an employee, with the result that they are, in fact, liable for injuries and harms you’ve suffered in the workplace. They may, in fact, be liable for your medical expenses and lost future wages.
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So that an injured worker can receive compensation for his or her injuries, the harmed employee in this situation also carries the burden of proof to establish an employer-employee relationship. A skilled, aggressive, and experienced workers’ compensation attorney has access to over twenty years of experience to help you prove that an employer-employee relationship existed with your nonsubscriber employer and our Law Office workers’ comp lawyers can help you receive the full and fair compensation that is your right.

Texas law holds you to be an employee if one or a few of the following conditions are met:

The employer in question withholds taxes and Social Security from your paycheck.
The employer in question provides all the necessary equipment for your work.
The employer in question expects you to abide by a specific work schedule and work for defined periods of time.
The employer in question managed, guided, and inspected your work during your work shift.
The employer in question has you give up some of your traditional employee rights by signing a document or contract you to mandatory drug testing or signing a confirmation that you’ve received and read an employee handbook.
The employer in question has hired you for an indefinite period of time and not just for a single job.
The employer in question pays you an hourly wage or salary and not on a case-by-case basis.

Our Law Office workers’ compensation attorneys will depose and interview your coworkers and examine any material evidence that can establish the existence of an employer-employee relationship whether our attorneys have to comb through employment contracts, pay stubs, time-cards, and other forms of solid evidence.