Harder Mechanical, Inc. v. Patrick Tierney

¶1 In this worker’s compensation case, the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals properly classified the claimant as a full-time worker for the purpose of calculating time loss compensation wages. Although the worker had experienced long periods of unemployment and had only a temporary relationship with his current employer, evidence that he occasionally did not work jobs after accepting them does not compel reversal of the Board’s finding that his intention was to obtain full-time work.

¶2 Respondent Patrick Tierney’s union is the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 26 in Ta…