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Practice question: Fourfold Test

Essay Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

An establishment directly selects a worker, pays wages, reserves disciplinary dismissal power, and can direct the means and methods used to perform assigned work. Identify how each stipulated fact relates to the fourfold test. Address existence of the relationship rather than a separate regularization issue.

Legal references

  • https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/68763 — Ditiangkin v. Lazada E-Services Philippines, Inc., GR 246892, September 21, 2022, main decision, fourfold-test discussion.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/aug2025/gr_220087_2025.html - Hacienda San Isidro/Silos Farms v. Villaruel, GR 220087, August 11, 2025, Court resolution, control and proof.

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