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Chart II-Coverage of Laws, cont.
Employment1 Covered
Jurisdiction

Private

Public

Exceptions2, 3

Special Coverage Provisions

Connecticut

Compulsory as to all employment.
Corporate officer or partner may
reject. Elective as to sole proprietors.7

Compulsory as to state, public
corporations, and members of the
General Assembly. Municipalities
may elect coverage of elected
and appointed officials, police,
and firefighters.

Casual employees, outworkers, domestics
employed less than 26 hours weekly, and
officers of fraternal organizations paid less
than $100 per year.

Voluntary as to excepted employment.

Delaware

Compulsory as to all employment.
Up to eight corporate officers/
stockholders may reject. Sole
proprietors, partners, or members of
their immediate families may elect to
be exempt from coverage.

Elective as to state and certain
counties, cities, and towns.

Domestic servants, casual employees
earning less than $750 in three months
from one household, and farm laborers.
All persons licensed under Chapter 25
of Title 30 (construction industry) are not
allowed exclusion and shall be deemed
to be an employer. Up to four members
of an LLC or four officers of a corporation
in the construction industry may elect an
exemption.

Elective as to licensed real estate
brokers.

District of
Columbia

Compulsory as to all employment.

Separate act is compulsory for
all public employment, except
officers or employees of the U.S.,
state, or foreign government,
and uniformed D.C. police or
firefighters.

Farm laborers, casual employees, master or
crew of any vessel, employees of common
carrier by railroad in interstate commerce
and commission, and real estate brokers
and salespersons who are independent
contractors.

Domestic workers covered if employer
employs one or more for 240 hours or
more in a calendar quarter. Act applies
to injuries occurring outside of D.C. if
the employment is principally localized
in D.C.

Florida

Compulsory as to employers of four
or more; one or more in construction
or construction-related trades. In the
construction industry, up to three
corporate officers, including members
of a limited liability company, may
elect exemption from coverage. In a
nonconstruction industry, unlimited
number of corporate officers or a
member owning at least 10% of a
limited liability company may elect
exemption from coverage. Elective as
to sole proprietors and partners in the
nonconstruction industry.

Compulsory as to state and
political subdivisions, including
volunteers of government
entities, volunteer firefighters,
and elected officials.

Domestic servants, 11 or fewer regular
farm laborers, professional athletes, owner/
operator of a motor vehicle who is under
written contract with a motor carrier and
assumes all responsibility for carrying out
the contract, volunteers (except volunteers
of government entities), sports officials,
real estate licensees, musical and theatrical
performers, Medicaid-enrolled clients, and
vehicle-for-hire drivers.

Voluntary as to excepted employment.
When a contractor sublets part of his
contract, the contractor is responsible
for securing and paying coverage
for the subcontractor, unless the
subcontractor has secured coverage
or is exempt.

Georgia

Compulsory as to all employers of
three or more. Elective as to active
partners, sole proprietors, or farm
laborers.

Compulsory as to state, county,
and municipal corporations and
political subdivisions, including
school districts. Voluntary as to
planning commission.

Farm laborers, domestic servants,
employees of common carriers by railroad,
casual laborers, and licensed real estate
salespersons and brokers.

Voluntary as to excepted employment.

Hawaii

Compulsory as to all employment for
pecuniary gain. Compulsory as to all
out-of-state employers who work in
the state.

Compulsory as to all public
officials, elected or appointed.
Covers public board members.

Volunteers of religious, charitable, or
nonprofit organizations; domestics who
earned less than $225 during each quarter
in the preceding year; unpaid corporate
officers with more than 25% of shares of a
corporation; and real estate salespersons
who perform services for others and are
compensated solely by way of commission.
Effective 7/7/11, services performed by an
individual who is a member of a limited
liability company or a partner of a limited
liability partnership who has a distributional
interest in the company or partnership of at
least 50%, a partner of a partnership, and a
sole proprietor.

Voluntary as to employment not
defined as industrial.

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