State Ex Rel. Workforce Safety & Insurance v. Questar Energy Services, Inc.

Jensen, Justice.

[¶ 1] North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (“WSI”), appealed from the judgment affirming a decision of an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) that had reversed WSI’s administrative reclassification of Questar Energy Services, Inc.’s (“Questar”) employees. We affirm.

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[¶ 2] In July 2012, Questar applied for and received insurance coverage from WSI. Following an audit in 2014, WSI determined Questar’s employees had been improperly classified and reclassified Questar’s employees. The classification of employees directly impacts the insurance rate used to calculate Questar’s…