Office & Professional

Workers' Comp Class Code 8871: Clerical Telecommuter Employees

What it covers

Clerical employees who work from home or a location away from the employer's premises more than half the time. Usually cheaper than 8810 — office staff who went remote and are still coded 8810 are commonly overcharged.

Illustrative rate range

$0.05 – $0.25 per $100 of payroll

National illustrative range — varies by state and carrier.

Worked example: on $50,000 of annual payroll, this code alone would cost roughly $25 to $125 a year.

Commonly confused with

8810 — Clerical Office Employees NOC

Signs you may be misclassified

Some of the actual work looks more like Clerical Office Employees NOC (code 8810) than Clerical Telecommuter Employees.
Nobody has re-checked this code since your job duties, work location, or equipment changed.
The code on your policy is whatever your agent guessed at signup, not something based on actual duties.

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