Department of Labor & Industries v. Lyons Enterprises, Inc.

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Johanson, C.J.

Appellant Lyons Enterprises Inc., doing business as Jan-Pro Cleaning Systems, appeals from the superior court’s partial affirmance and partial reversal of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals’ (Board) decision and order. Lyons sells janitorial franchises, and the superior court held that Lyons’ franchisees were workers for the purposes of the Industrial Insurance Act (IIA), Title *52451 RCW, and that Lyons was required to pay IIA premiums for all franchisees. Like the Board, we conclude that Lyons’ franchisees without employees are workers covered by the IIA but those…