Gill v. Department of Labor & Industry, Office of Unemployment Compensation Tax Services

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FRIEDMAN. 1

Patricia Gill, D/B/A Interstate Installation (Gill), petitions for review of the July 12, 2010, order of the Department of Labor and Industry (Department), which denied Gill’s petition for reassessment of its unemployment taxes, concluding that Gill failed to prove that flooring installation helpers who assisted GUI’s flooring installers were independent contractors. We reverse.

Gill is the sole proprietor of Interstate Installation, which is in the business of flooring installation. Most of Gill’s customers come by referral from Rusbosin Furniture store.…