Coverall North America, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Division of Unemployment Assistance

A District Court judge affirmed the decision of the division of unemployment assistance (division) that the claimant2 was an employee within the meaning of G. L. c. 151A, § 2, thus requiring Coverall North America, Inc., doing business as Coverall Cleaning Concepts (Coverall), to pay contributions for the claimant’s reported earnings pursuant to G. L. c. 151A, §§ 13, 14. On appeal, Coverall claims that the division’s decision is unsupported by substantial evidence because Coverall has proved that the claimant was an independent contractor pursuant to G. L. c. 151 A, § 2 (a)-(c). We…