What is a genuine contract of service?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Létourneau v. M.N.R., 2004 TCC 81 (CanLII):
In Laverdière v. Canada, [1999] T.C.J. No. 124, at paragraph 45 of his reasons, Tardif J. explains a genuine contract of service as follows: [...] First of all, only a genuine contract of employment can meet the requirements for being characterized as a contract of service; a genuine contract of service must have certain essential components, including the performance of work; that performance must come under the authority of the person paying the remuneration, which remuneration must be based on the quantity and quality of the work done.
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