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A Philippine-based parent corporation, Apex Holdings, Inc. (P), wholly owns a service subsidiary, PeakStaff Services, Inc. (S), created to hire and dispatch workers for a construction project. S signs wage contracts with the workers and pays their salaries, but P directly sets S's payroll budgets, hiring criteria, and project policies, and provides the majority of S's operating funds. S has minimal assets and relies on P for cash advances. The workers sue for unpaid wages naming both S and P as liable. Which doctrine would best justify piercing the corporate veil to hold P liable for S's wage obligations?