John W. Tripp & Associates v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office

SILVERSTEIN,* Judge.

Petitioner, John W. Tripp and Associates (Tripp), seeks review of an order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Office (Office) which held Tripp liable to pay unemployment compensation taxes as the employer of certain placement consultants and temporary workers. We affirm.

Tripp provides his customers with management consulting, professional recruiting, placement, and temporary employment services. Tripp told the workers called “placement consultants” that they were “contractors.” The temporary workers entered into contracts with Tripp purporting to create an independent…