Practice question
An engager argues that professional skill alone is sufficient for individual-contractor status even though it recruits and pays the worker, disciplines noncompliance and prescribes the means and methods. What should the court avoid?
- Examining how the work is directed
- Treating skill as a substitute for examining a genuinely independent undertaking and actual control
- Considering payment and dismissal authority
- Testing the claimed enterprise
- Applying the fourfold and economic-reality inquiries
Legal references
- Ditiangkin v. Lazada E-Services Philippines, Inc., G.R. No. 246892, September 21, 2022, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/sep2022/gr_246892_2022.html
- Ador v. T. Osada Logistics and Services, G.R. No. 265600, February 24, 2026, MAIN decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/feb2026/gr_265600_2026.html
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