(In effect as of January 1, 2004*)

                  TABLE 2.  NUMERICAL EXEMPTIONS

 

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           Jurisdictions Making No Numerical Exemptions

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          Alaska                             Nevada

          Arizona                            New Hampshire

          California                         New Jersey

          Connecticut                        New York

          Delaware                           North Dakota

          District of Columbia               Ohio

          Hawaii 2/                          Oklahoma 9/

          Idaho                              Oregon

          Illinois 3/                        Pennsylvania

          Indiana                            Puerto Rico

          Iowa                               Rhode Island 10/

          Kansas 4/                          South Dakota

          Kentucky                           Texas

          Louisiana                          Utah

          Maine 5/                           Vermont

          Maryland                           Virgin Islands

          Massachusetts                      Washington

          Minnesota                          West Virginia 12/  

          Montana                            Wyoming

          Nebraska                           United States**:

                                                    FECA

                                               LHWCA

                                                                 

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Jurisdictions in which employers are exempt who employ fewer than:

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   1 employee    3 employees    4 employees    5 employees_       

 

    Colorado        Arkansas 1      South Carolina      Alabama

                     Georgia           Florida         Mississippi

                     Michigan                         Missouri 6/

                    New Mexico 7/                   Tennessee 11/

                  North Carolina 8/              

                     Virginia               

                    Wisconsin 13/

                  

 

 

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     *See Introduction page.

    **Federal Employees' Compensation Act;

      Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

 

              TABLE 2.  NUMERICAL EXEMPTIONS (cont.)

 

Footnotes:

 

1/  Arkansas:  Employment in which two or more employees are employed by any person engaged in building or building repair work is covered.  Also covered is employment in which one or more employees is employed by a subcontractor or by a contractor who subcontracts any part of his contract. Sole proprietors or partners who devote full time to the business are covered unless elect not to be covered.  Executive officers of corporation or self-insured employers may waive coverage but must provide coverage for employees of business even if such waiver reduces number of employees to less than three.

 

2/  Hawaii:  Real estate salespersons and brokers whose earnings                        are solely commissions are exempt from workers' compensation coverage.

 

3/  Illinois:  A numerical exemption of two or less employees is applicable to "carriage by land, water, or aerial service and loading or unloading in connection therewith . . ."

 

4/  Kansas:  Employers are exempt if they have a total gross annual payroll of less than $20,000 for all workers.

 

5/  Maine:  Employers of agricultural or aquacultural laborers are exempt if employer has six or fewer workers, or more than six workers but total hours worked by all does not exceed 240 hours in a week, and has not exceeded 240 hours anytime during the 52 weeks preceding injury, and employer maintains required liability and medical coverage.

 

6/  Missouri:  Employers in the construction industry with one or more employees are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance.

 

7/  New Mexico:  All employers required to license in construction industries are covered, regardless of number of employees.

 

8/  North Carolina:  The Act exempts individual sawmill and logging operators with less than 10 employees, operating less than 60 days in six consecutive months and whose principal business is unrelated to sawmills.

 

9/  Oklahoma:  An employer with five (5) or less total employees, all of whom are related by blood or marriage to the employer, will be exempt from the Workers’ Compensation Act.

 

10/ Rhode Island:  Licensed real estate brokers or salespersons, or licensed or certified real estate appraisers are exempt if                        substantially all remuneration for services performed is directly related to sales or other output rather than the number of hours worked.

 

 

TABLE 2.  NUMERICAL EXEMPTIONS (cont.)

 

 

11/ Tennessee:  All subcontractors and anyone engaged in the construction industry shall be required to carry workers' compensation insurance, even if they have five employees or less.

 

12/ West Virginia:    Casual employers who employ fewer than 3 employees are exempt and agricultural services who employ fewer than 5 employees are exempt.

 

13/ Wisconsin:  Employers, other than farmers, who usually have less than three employees but who have paid wages of $500 or more in any calendar quarter for work performed within the State are covered the tenth (10th) day of the next calendar quarter.