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Casual Employment and Independent Contractor Defenses Often Overlap

Casual Employment and Independent Contractor Defenses Often Overlap

Many clients ask what the difference is between the defense of independent contractor and casual employment.  The truth is that the defenses are very similar, and one important case, Berkeyheiser v. Mollie S. Woolf, 71 N.J. Super. 171, (App.Div. 1961), illustrates this point. The case involved a man who worked full time for St. Regis […]

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Appellate Court Finds Petitioner to be a Casual Employee

The casual employee defense remains viable in New Jersey.  It is a difficult defense to make in certain lines of employment such as trucking, real estate agents, newspaper delivery persons and cab drivers, but it remains viable in situations involving home remodeling and home additions. A good illustration is the recent case of Cruz v. […]

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Casual employment – Martin v. Pollard

Casual employees are excluded from receiving benefits under N.J.S.A. 34:15-36. The present definition of casual employment embraces two concepts, depending on whether the services are given in relation to a business, or whether they are unconnected to a business. If the services are rendered in relation to a business, they are casual if they are […]

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