Practice question
A client commissions a finished mural. It specifies the subject, completion deadline, and final dimensions. The artist independently chooses the painting techniques, sequence, working hours, and tools, and the client reserves no right to direct those methods. On these stipulated facts, what is the proper conclusion about the control component of the four-fold test?
- A deadline conclusively proves control over manner and means
- Specifying the finished result alone does not establish the method-control component; the other components must still be assessed
- Any payment conclusively proves the control component
- The artist’s use of tools conclusively proves employment
- Every commissioned work arrangement necessarily creates employment
Legal references
- https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/10/71535 — DO 147-15, September 7, 2015, Rule I-A sections 2–3, four-fold test and reserved right of control.
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