Practice question
An employer proves only that workers are paid pakyaw and asserts this alone makes them independent contractors. What does the cited employment framework require?
- Every piece-rate arrangement is a separate corporation
- Pakyaw always excludes employment
- Piece-rate payment eliminates every labor right
- The employer’s vocabulary conclusively governs
- Examine the actual relationship, including the right of control
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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