Practice question
A worker repeatedly performs integral assignments under company control but is told to fund routine work expenses. The company treats those expenses alone as proof of an independently managed enterprise, without addressing rates, initiative, duration or dependency. What is missing?
- Nothing; any expense conclusively establishes independence
- The required assessment of the whole economic activity
- Only the worker’s age can matter
- Business registration is the only remaining test
- All integral work is automatically independent
Legal references
- Ditiangkin v. Lazada E-Services Philippines, Inc., G.R. No. 246892, September 21, 2022, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/sep2022/gr_246892_2022.html
- Ador v. T. Osada Logistics and Services, G.R. No. 265600, February 24, 2026, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_265600_2026.html
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