Although the workers’ compensation system is designed to provide protection for injured employees, employers can obtain workers’ comp coverage for independent contractors under certain circumstances. Now a California appeal court has ruled that providing them with coverage will subject both the employer and the contractor to other workers’ comp law provisions—including the prohibition on deducting money from workers’ pay to cover comp costs. The case arose as a class action lawsuit after a freight transportation company offered workers’ comp coverage to truckers who were independent contractors and then charged the truckers for the comp insurance costs.