If you hire a corporation, you do not cover their workers or directors. If you hire a partnership that has no workers, you must cover the partners if none of them have personal coverage. If any partner has personal coverage, you do not cover any of the partners. If you hire proprietors who do not have personal coverage, you must cover them as your workers. A proprietor for WCB purposes is an individual who owns and operates a business and does not employ any workers.
Proprietors usually perform work for more than one principal concurrently.
The difference between a volunteer and an unpaid worker is sometimes unclear. If you are not sure, call your nearest WCB office. All rights reserved.