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FLORIDA rurrrn of Ditlrsvision of Workers' Compensation FWARC[AL E[ [ CES j Tom Gallagher, Chief Financial officer . IMPORTANT WORKERS' COMPENSATION INFORMATION FOR CONTRACTORS • • ' - • every employee. The contractor or loos not have a valid workers' must notify the employee leasing corn 1 ) A contractor or subcontractor who company o£ the names of alt The ration exemption; the Florida contractor must contact his or her is engaged in-the construction covered employees and any workers' compensation insurance industry and employs one or moreadditional employees that are carrier to employees must have Flonda working on a jobsite that ma have update his or her policy to . workers Y include such sub-contractor and any compensation insurance. been excluded from the employee Corporate offwwers, In addition to leasing arrangement_ Any clean personsMatis employed by such limited tiabrTdy � in duties performed by the ° company members, lob pe sole Proprietors, partners, and employees must also be reported to Independent contractors engaged the en?ployee leasing company, • ' in the'cbnstniction industry are y considered employees under 5) Flease see the reverse side of this 1 ) The Florida Division of Workers' Florida's workers' flyer for information about obtaining Compensation is responsible for . compensation workers' compensation insurance enforcing emptoye(ixrmpfiar>ce law. However, a contractor or and for the eligibility requirements for i with the coverage requirements' sub-contractor who Is engaged in a construction Indust ex of the workers' the construction in Industry exemption. compensation law. industry and is a corporate,officer oca member of a • f rance-investigators have Compf fimited-TiablTiiy • • . ® the authority to conduct on-site . can apply irispectiorns of job sites to ensure for and obtain avalid construction 1).. An outof-sfate contractor ennployer corWkV1ce. trivestigators industryexerrnptionI .Wow• must immediately notify his or can also request an employer's compensation insurance is salt her insurance business records. An em required for ft Contractor's or .. company ' must produce the ptoyer subcontractors or insurance agent that it has .. ' required business employees: employees that are engaging. in work : records within fixe business days 2) A'contractor shall 'require any in Florida. of the di visibn:s written request subcontractor who sub contracts for.recocds. if the employer fails to work from a contractor to. 2) An out-of-state construction Industry respond to the request within five provide contractor who has employees evidence of Florida workers business days, the division will . engaged in work in Florida, usstop compensation insurance. If t issue a either obtain a Florida workers' work order upon, the, the sub contractor has a valid �tnptoygr requrrfn l the emplayvr £o ezern Gon. .. ca�rPensation insurance policy or ceaseAlf business P them the subcontractor an errdorsement.must be added to state. oPe(atloKs m tfie shatl also provide a copy of his or therout zif3tate co her certificate of exemptionfttractors policy 2) A stop work order will also be ` to the that tilts no in recti°n 3A of the , contractor. issued to policy. any employer who is 3) A change in job duties performedLrequired to secure Florida workers' by employees orae increase in the 3) A Florida construction contractor compensation coverage but fails to engaged In work in this state do so. A stop work ceder will also be amount of payroll of a business issued in cases where an employer must be reported to the Insurance ° contracts with outof-state company- contractors, must require proof of may have a workers' compensation a Florida workers' compensation policy but understates or conceals 4) If a contractor has secured workersPolicy or an endorsement to the out- i Payroll, misrepresents or conceals compensation coverage for his or of-state contractor's policy that lists employee dales or falls to utilize her employees by entering into an Florida in section 3A, of the policy. Florida's class codes and workers' employee leasing arrangement, If the out-of-state subcontractor compensation rates. the contractor must specifically does not provide proof of .a Florida 3) In order for the division to release a identify coverage for each and workers' compensation policy or stop work order, an employer must of an endorsement to the policy, provide evidence that is has .come