Caledonian Record Publishing Co. v. Department of Employment & Training

Plaintiff appeals from a decision of the Vermont Employment Security Board (Board), sustaining an assessment for unemployment contributions plus interest by the Department of Employment and Training (Department). We affirm.

Plaintiff is the publisher of a daily newspaper in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Delivery of newspapers within the town is handled by regular employees, but, to service its out-of-town subscribers and customers, plaintiff entered into contracts with individual motor carriers to transport bundles of newspapers to rural stores and paper carriers. The delivery contracts were awarded…