Able Body Temporary Services v. Lindley

This is an appeal of a worker’s compensation order imposing penalties and interest against a carrier in receivership and calculating Claimant’s AWW based on a contract-for-hire basis. The JCC was made aware that the carrier was in receivership at the time of the hearing and that United Self Insured Services was handling Claimant’s claims. United Self Insured Services is a contract third-party adminis*500trator for the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association, Inc. Therefore, section 631.913(2), Florida Statutes (1999), precludes the imposition of penalties and interest against…