Re/Max of New Jersey, Inc. v. Wausau Insurance Companies

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

COLEMAN, J.

The primary issue raised in this appeal is whether licensed real estate salespersons should be considered employees or independent contractors for purposes of computing workers’ compensation insurance premiums. The Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau, whose function it is to establish the classification of risks, base rates, system of merit or schedule rating and premiums to be charged based on those risks, N.J.S.A. 34:15-88 and -89, has deemed that real estate salespersons may be employees, and that for premium purposes, should be…