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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="8-205" title_number="8" title_name="Unemployment Insurance" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Scope of Title">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Work that an individual performs under any contract of hire is not covered employment if the Secretary is satisfied that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the individual who performs the work is free from control and direction over its performance both in fact and under the contract;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the individual customarily is engaged in an independent business or occupation of the same nature as that involved in the work; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the work is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>outside of the usual course of business of the person for whom the work is performed; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>performed outside of any place of business of the person for whom the work is performed.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations to provide:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>general guidance about the application of subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>specific examples of how subsection (a) of this section is applied to certain industries, including the construction industry, the landscaping industry, and the home care services industry.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
