How is the existence of an employer-employee relationship determined by law?
To determine the existence of an employer-employee relationship, the Supreme Court in a long line of decisions has invariably applied the following four-fold test: [1] the selection and engagement of the employee; [2] the payment of wages; [3] the power of dismissal; and [4] the power to control the employee’s conduct. Among the four requisites, control is deemed the most important that the other requisites may even be disregarded. Under the control test, an employer-employee relationship exists if the “employer” has reserved the right to control the “employee” not only as to the result of the work done but also as to the means and methods by which the same is to be accomplished. Otherwise, no such relationship exists.
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