statutory employee
- An individual, like a contractor or subcontractor, who performs services for a statutory employer and is eligible for workers' compensation benefits as the sole form of recompense
- The construction worker injured on the site was considered a statutory employee and could only seek workers' compensation benefits.
- Despite being a contractor, she was treated as a statutory employee due to the nature of her work for the organization.
- As a statutory employee, he was not eligible for any form of recourse beyond workers' compensation benefits.
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