SB1660 Summary

• Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to define when a person operating a motor vehicle for a property carrier qualifies as an independent contractor rather than an employee, requiring six factors to be substantially present including material investment in equipment, direction and control over work, bearing principal operating costs, compensation based on contract work rather than hours, responsibility for hiring personnel, and a written independent contractor agreement.

• Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act by adding Section 212.2 to establish identical independent contractor criteria for motor vehicle operators working for property carriers, excluding them from unemployment insurance coverage if all six factors are met.

• The six-factor test applies only to motor vehicle operators for property carriers and does not affect other worker classifications or existing exclusions such as real estate brokers paid by commission only.