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Scenario: TitanX Manufacturing hires TechCrew Services to supply a team of five automation technicians to work on a nine-month plant modernization project. TechCrew has no DOLE registration as a contractor. TitanX pays the technicians’ wages, provides PPE and tools, and directly supervises the technicians’ daily tasks; the technicians do not carry on independent business for TechCrew; TechCrew submits monthly invoices to TitanX for its services. (a) Identify the governing doctrine and the rule on registration of contractors under DOLE Department Order No. 174-17 and Department Circular No. 1-17, including who must register and the consequences of non-registration. (b) Based on the labor-only contracting doctrine, is this arrangement labor-only contracting? Who is the employer of the workers, and what liabilities attach to TitanX and TechCrew? (c) If TechCrew later registers with DOLE during the project, does that retroactively cure the relationship or change liability for the period before registration?

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Governing doctrine: labor-only contracting; Non-registration invalidates the contract but does not make the end-user the employer; The contractor remains the employer of its own workers. Governing doctrine: labor-only contracting; The registration rule requires the contractor to register with DOLE; Non-registration triggers a presumption of labor-only contracting with the user firm as the employer; Both the user and the unregistered contractor are jointly and severally liable for wages and benefits; If the contractor registers later, it does not retroactively cure or change liability for the period before registration. Governing doctrine: legitimate outsourcing; Registration is optional for private projects; If unregistered, the client bears no liability so long as the contractor has a registered business and proper tax compliance. Governing doctrine: 'economic realities test' recognized by courts; The registration requirement is to be determined by the court; Non-registration has no statutory consequence.

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