Employees who are not covered by workers’ compensation include:1

Self-employed people.
Volunteers for a public agency or a private, nonprofit organization2 and certain recreational camps, except certain public safety personnel.3
Deputy clerks, sheriffs or constables appointed for their own convenience without compensation.
Ski lift operators participating in recreational activities and uncompensated ski patrol.
Uncompensated participants in sports or athletics, students in amateur sporting events and certain sports officials at nonprofessional events.
People who are performing services in return for aid from religious, charitable or relief organizations.
Casual employees who do not qualify as residential employees.4
Certain out-of-state law enforcement personnel deputized to work or acting as peace officers in California.
Independent contractors.

L ocal governments have the discretion to compensate law enforcement officers for injuries arising off duty but while performing law enforcement services.5

1. Lab. Code sec. 3352

2. Lab. Code sec. 3352

3. Lab. Code secs. 3361-3368

4. Lab. Code sec. 3352; see also Lab. Code sec. 3351(d)

5. Lab.Code sec. 3600.2

Covered Employers and Employees

Who Isn’t Covered by Workers’ Compensation?

Covered Employers and Employees