# Florida — State Worker Classification Tests — Independent Contractor vs Employee

For Florida, test type is common-law; test scope is unemployment-insurance; statutory citation is Fla. Stat. § 443.1216(1)(a)2; key exemptions is A church or a convention or association of churches, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **state:** Florida _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **test type:** common-law _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **test scope:** unemployment-insurance _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **statutory citation:** Fla. Stat. § 443.1216(1)(a)2 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **key exemptions:** A church or a convention or association of churches _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> An individual who, under the usual common-law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, is an employee.

## Source

- http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0443/Sections/0443.1216.html

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [State Worker Classification Tests — Independent Contractor vs Employee](https://referencesource.org/state-worker-classification-tests/).