Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

JUSTICE WECHT

In this appeal, we consider whether an individual contracted to perform renovations for a restaurant falls within the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act *916 ("CWMA" or "the Act"), 43 P.S. §§ 933.1 - 933.17, such that he may be eligible for compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act. The Commonwealth Court determined that the CWMA is inapplicable under these circumstances, that the claimant otherwise failed to establish that he was an employee of the restaurant, and that he accordingly is ineligible…