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NEWSPAPER ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY PERSON WAS AN EMPLOYEE ENTITLED TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined claimant, who assembled and delivered newspapers for Herald Publishing Company, was an employee entitled to unemployment insurance benefits:

… [T]he record reflects that claimant was assigned specific routes within defined delivery areas …, assembled and bagged her papers at the leased premises utilizing plastic bags and rubber bands purchased from Herald Publishing … and was required to provide Herald Publishing with proof of a driver’s license and automobile liability insurance … . The record further reveals that claimant elected to purchase accident liability insurance from a carrier referenced in the distribution agreements entered into between claimant and Herald Publishing and that the corresponding premiums for such coverage were deducted from the invoices generated in connection with her delivery services … . Finally, consistent with the terms of the distributor agreements signed by claimant, she was required to “pick up all newspapers at the agreed pick-up point,” i.e., the leased premises, deliver the newspapers to subscribers “at or before the target delivery time[s]” — for which she would be paid on a weekly basis at a specified per-paper rate … — and was precluded from placing any inserts or additional materials in the newspapers that she was delivering … . Matter of Fecca (Herald Publ. Co.–Commissioner of Labor), 2019 NY Slip Op 03120, Third Dept 4-25-19

 

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