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Key Decisions - Employee v. Independent Contractor

In the links below, you will find key Board of Review decisions about whether a worker performed services as an employee or as an independent contractor.

The Board of Review has selected these decisions because, in the Board’s opinion, they contain significant issues, create new precedent, or may help parties and their representatives better understand aspects of the Massachusetts unemployment law. Additional key decisions will be posted here on an on-going basis. For privacy reasons, identifying information has been removed.

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