California Work Made for Hire Statuteswork made for hire contracts can make contractors employees for state employment insurance purposes
California Labor Code 3351.5(c)
Division 4. Workers’ Compensation and Insurance
Part 1. Scope and Operation
Chapter 2. Employers, Employees, and Dependents
Article 2. Employees
Section 3351.5.
“Employee” includes:
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(c) Any person while engaged by contract for the creation of a specially ordered or commissioned work of authorship in which the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire, as defined in Section 101 of Title 17 of the United States Code, and the ordering or commissioning party obtains ownership of all the rights comprised in the copyright in the work.
California Unemployment Insurance Code 686
Division 1. Unemployment and Disability Compensation
Part 1. Unemployment Compensation
Chapter 3. Scope or Coverage
Article 3. Subject Employers
Section 686.
“Employer” also means any person contracting for the creation of a specially ordered or commissioned work of authorship when the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire, as defined in Section 101 of Title 17 of the United States Code, and the ordering or commissioning party obtains ownership of all of the rights comprised in the copyright in the work. The ordering or commissioning party shall be the employer of the author of the work for the purposes of this part.
California Unemployment Insurance Code 621(d)
Division 1. Unemployment and Disability Compensation
Part 1. Unemployment Compensation
Chapter 3. Scope or Coverage
Article 1.5. Employee
Section 621.
“Employee” means all of the following:
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(d) Any individual who is an employee pursuant to Section 601.5 or 686.
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