Legal Opinion
Dana's Housekeeping, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Industries
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided January 17, 1995No. 32873-5-IPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
Dana’s Housekeeping, Inc., a business which contracts with housecleaners to clean private homes, appeals two industrial insurance tax assessments. We affirm the trial court, although we interpret the domestic servant exclusion differently.
Facts
Dana’s Housekeeping, Inc., advertises itself to the public as Seattle’s largest "personalized homemaking service”. Dana’s contracts with 140 housecleaners, all of whom sign an agreement characterizing the housecleaner as an "independent contractor”. Dana’s assigns housecleaners to specific jobs, and makes all arrangements for the housecleaning…
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