Practice question
A claimant asserts regular employment because her services were useful and repeatedly purchased. The tribunal never determines the actual hiring, dismissal or method-control powers and relies only on Article 295. What is the analytical defect?
- Article 295 conclusively makes every useful supplier an employee
- It substitutes employee classification for the unresolved existence of an employment relationship
- The fourfold inquiry is prohibited in agricultural cases
- Repeated purchases alone create dismissal power
- Every independent service becomes employment after one year
Legal references
- Hacienda San Isidro/Silos Farms v. Villaruel, G.R. No. 220087, August 11, 2025, controlling MAIN resolution on reconsideration: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_220087_2025.html
- DOLE Department Order No. 147-15, Rule I-A, Sections 2-3, official text reproduced in signed-order PDF: https://www.pasei.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/DOLE-Department-Order-No.-147-15-s2015.pdf
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