Jacobson v. Comcast Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• distinguishing Rutherford on the basis that control over putative employees is probative of employment only when that oversight amounts to Control of the terms and conditions of the plaintiffs employment
• contrasting “maintaining] specific standards to which the [contractors] and technicians must adhere, and regularly monitoring] the technicians to ensure that their performance satisfies ... expectations” with being “responsible for the day-to-day management of the technicians”
• “[C]ompliance with legal requirements is not indicative of control for purposes of establishing an employer-employee relationship.”
• “detailed instructions and a strict quality control mechanism will not, on their own, indicate an employment relationship”
• “Comcast’s quality control procedures ultimately stem from the nature of their business and the need to provide reliable service to their customers, not the nature of the relationship between the technicians and Comcast.”
• “I’m the only person that would decide that .... ”

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