The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday rescinded its grant of review for a dispute over whether a restaurant franchiser can be held liable for the benefits owed to an uninsured franchisee's injured employee.
Last October, the Commonwealth Court said the answer was "no" — that liability instead fell on the state's Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund.
The court's conclusion in Saladworks v. WCAB (Gaudioso) that a franchiser is not a joint employer of a franchisee's workers is consistent with the position taken by many states, including Kentucky, Texas,...
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