Wallis v. Secretary of Kansas Department of Human Resources

How courts have described this case

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• finding that vacuum cleaner dealers were employees based, in part, on fact that distributor maintained direction and control with respect to dealers’ training
• stating it is not the actual exercise of control but the right to control one’s work that renders one an employee rather than an independent contractor
• possible discharge if distributor determines worker isn’t representative of product was fact weighing in favor of employee status
• possible discharge if distributor determines worker isn’t representative of product was fact weighing in favor of employee status
• right to discharge, furnishing equipment, and method of payment
• considering right to discharge, furnishing equipment, and method of payment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).