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Jan
Independent Contractor as Understood in D.O. 174
Independent contractors are those who exercise independent employment, contracting to do a piece of work according to their own methods and without being subjected to control of their employer except as to the result of their work. The discussion below is based on the book, Valid Job Contracting and Sub-contracting, 2nd Edition Book (pages 30-32) by Atty. Villanueva. View the PDF Version of the book here. A more comprehensive definition states that an independent contractor is one who undertakes “job contracting,” [...]