Practice question
A parcel company directly engages riders for repeated daily routes. It determines assignments and work methods, pays a daily amount, and retains them for an extended period. Riders own basic motorcycles but have no separate customer base or managerial opportunity to expand profit through an independent delivery enterprise. The company relies solely on motorcycle ownership to reject economic dependence. Which analysis is sound?
- Consider integration, control, investment, continuity and genuine business opportunity together; one owned vehicle is not conclusive
- Treat ownership of any vehicle as conclusive proof of independence
- Ignore control because economic dependence always excludes it
- Use the riders’ household poverty as the only test
- Classify the company’s shareholders instead of the working relationship
Legal references
- Ditiangkin, G.R. 246892, September 21, 2022: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/sep2022/gr_246892_2022.html
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