Practice question
A worker proves years of paid assignments and immediately invokes regular status, but the threshold employment relationship remains genuinely disputed and method-control evidence is absent. What must be addressed first?
- Every repeated transaction is necessarily employment
- Only the number of seasons matters
- The claimant’s chosen status label is conclusive
- Whether the employment relationship is established under the applicable tests
- No threshold proof is needed in a labor dispute
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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