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Psychiatrist Deemed an Employee of a Counseling Center

The Third Department determined a psychiatrist was an employee of the New York Psychotherapy and Counseling Center (NYPCC) and was therefore entitled to unemployment insurance benefits:

“Whether there exists an employee-employer relationship is a factual question to be resolved by the Board and we will not disturb its determination when it is supported by substantial evidence in the record” … . Further, “[w]here, as here, medical professionals are involved, the pertinent inquiry is whether the purported employer exercised overall control over the work performed” … .

Here, evidence was presented that NYPCC referred the patients to claimant and scheduled their initial appointments. NYPCC paid claimant an hourly wage for the time he treated the patients and NYPCC would bill the patients. Claimant was paid whether or not NYPCC was reimbursed by the patients or their health plans. Claimant worked in an office provided by NYPCC on NYPCC's premises — for which he only paid a nominal weekly fee of $9.87 — and would generate a treatment record that is accessed by NYPCC's doctors and staff. Matter of Lustgarten…, 2014 NY Slip Op 08538, 3rd Dept 12-4-14

 

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