Kirksville Publishing Co. v. Division of Employment Security

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Kirksville Publishing Company from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s (the Commission) decision affirming the holding of an appeals tribunal that the motor carriers who deliver The Carthage Press (the newspaper) are employees of the newspaper and not independent contractors under Missouri Employment Security Law. The newspaper is owned and published by appellant. The issue of whether the carriers were employees or independent contractors arose as a result of an audit of appellant by the Missouri Division of Employment Security (DES).…