Is an unlicensed subcontractor an employee of the principal contractor?

Under the plain meaning of section 2750.5, any unlicensed subcontractor is the employee of the general contractor; consequently, as a matter of law, the employee of an unlicensed subcontractor is the employee of the principal contractor. (Blew v. Horner, supra, 187 Cal.App.3d at p. 1389, 232 Cal.Rptr. 660: "[A]mong the consequences which flow from a determination that a person is an employee rather than an independent contractor is that an employer-employee relationship exists between the hirer of the employee and those whom the employee has hired to do the hirer's work.")