Nuttelman’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “1.) If the person receiving the benefit of a service has the right to control the manner in which the service is performed, the person rendering the service may be an employee. 2.) If a person rendering a service has a substantial investment in his own tools or equipment, he may be an independent contractor. 3.) If a person performing a service undertakes a substantial cost, say by employing and paying his own laborers, he may be an independent contractor. 4.) If a person performing a service has an opportunity to profit depending on his management skill, he may be an independent contractor. 5.) If a service rendered requires a special skill, the person rendering it may be an independent contractor. 6.) If the relationship between a person rendering a service and the person receiving it is permanent, it may be an employment relationship. 7.) If a person rendering a service works in the course of the recipient’s business, rather than in some ancillary capacity, he may be an employee.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re McAtee

2. “[n]othing in [the Nuttelmans'] complaint even remotely suggests that they fall within the statutory exceptions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nuttelman v. Vossberg