Employees Covered By Workers’ Compensation

Employee coverage begins the instant the employee begins work, unless excluded by the Labor Code. An “employee” as defined in the Labor Code as every person in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed.¹

Workers’ compensation coverage extends to:

• Undocumented workers;
• Minors;
• Elected and paid public officials;