Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc.; The Construction Industry Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it has issued an Order on the Petition for Declaratory Statement, which was filed on August 21, 2007 on behalf of ...
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Construction Industry Licensing BoardNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Construction Industry Licensing Board has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc. on January 14, 2008. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:
The Construction Industry Licensing Board hereby gives notice that it has issued an Order on the Petition for Declaratory Statement, which was filed on August 21, 2007 on behalf of Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association, Inc. The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 33, No. 38, of the September 21, 2007, Florida Administrative Weekly. The Petitioner sought the Board’s interpretation of certain provisions of Sections 489.117(4)(e) and 489.103(2), Florida Statutes. To resolve questions concerning practices by Division II licensed contractors, who are policy-holders of the Petitioner, and whose employment practices present potential liability for the Petitioner, the Petitioner is requesting that the Board issue a Declaratory Statement as to whether the above cited statutes require workers performing work for a contractor licensed under Section 489.105(3)(e) through (q), F.S., to be employees of that Division II contractor. The Construction Industry Licensing Board considered the Petition at its meeting held on October 12, 2007, in Orlando, Florida and issued an order, filed on January 14, 2008, denying the Petition, finding that Petitioner was seeking to obtain a policy statement of general applicability and a declaratory statement is not the appropriate means to accomplish such a purpose.
