§ 27-14-206 — Public contract work; coverage procedure; responsibility on private contracts

Wyoming § 27-14-206

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 27: Labor and Employment
• Ch. 14: WORKER'S COMPENSATION
• Art. 2: PREMIUMS AND RATES

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(a) If the state, county, University of Wyoming, community
college district, school district, special district or
municipality engages in work in which employees are employed for
wages and if the work is being done by contract, the payroll of
the prime or general contractor or subcontractor shall be the
basis of computation for the payroll assessment. The required
payments shall be subject to the provisions of this act and the
state, the county, university, community college district,
school district, special district or municipality, shall be
entitled to collect from the prime or general contractor the
full amount payable under this act unless the subcontractor
primarily liable for the payment of premiums has paid the
premiums as provided for in this act.
(b) The prime or general contractor shall secure
certification when a contract is awarded or before permitting a
subcontractor to begin work, that the subcontractor has in good
standing an account under this act that covers all coverable
employees in the employ of the subcontractor.
(c) The state, county, university, community college
district, school district, special district or municipality
shall secure certification before allowing a prime or general
contractor to permit coverable employees to start work on a
contract, that the contractor, prime or general, has in good
standing an account under this act that covers employees who are
subject to this act.
(d) Before final settlement is made by the state, county,
university, community college district, school district, special
district or municipality, the contractor shall furnish evidence
that all obligations for covered employees on the contract have
been paid as provided by this act.
(e) In private work a contractor who subcontracts all or
any part of a contract is liable for the payment of worker's
compensation premiums for the employees of the subcontractor
unless the subcontractor primarily liable for the payment of
premiums has paid the premiums as provided for in this act. Any
contractor or his carrier who becomes liable for the premiums
may recover the amount of the premiums paid and necessary
expenses from the subcontractor primarily liable therefor. For
premiums paid on behalf of the employees of any subcontractor
pursuant to this subsection, the contractor shall be afforded
all privileges and immunities under this act as if he were the
employer of the subcontractor's employees.
(f) The owner or lessee of land shall be deemed a
contractor when he contracts with another who shall be deemed a
subcontractor to have work performed of a kind which is a
regular or recurrent part of the work of the trade, business,
occupation or profession of the owner or lessee. This subsection
shall not apply to the owner or lessee of land principally used
for agriculture.