Smith v. Yurkovsky

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the workers’ compensation review board (board) properly interpreted General Statutes § 31-275 (9) (B) (iv)1 as requiring a domestic worker to work an average of more than twenty-six hours per week for the twenty-six week period preceding the date of his or her injury in order to be considered an “employee” within the meaning of that statute, thereby entitling the worker to recover benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 et seq. The plaintiff, Eileen Smith, claims that she had worked more than…