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Practice question: Employee vs. Independent Contractor

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A client checks whether a genuinely independent specialist’s final report satisfies the agreed specifications, without reserving control over how it is prepared. Does that result review alone necessarily establish employment control?
  1. No; result-oriented requirements must be distinguished from control of means and methods
  2. Yes, every contractual quality standard creates employment
  3. Yes, payment eliminates all independence
  4. Yes, a report can never be independently produced
  5. Yes, any contact with a client proves employee status

Legal references

  • Borromeo v. Lazada E-Services Philippines, G.R. 265610, April 3, 2024: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/apr2024/gr_265610_2024.html

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