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Zuijs v Wirth Brothers Pty Ltd

[1955] HCA 73; (1955) 93 CLR 561
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year1955
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The control test for employment looks to the right to control, not its actual exercise; a skilled worker whose technical performance cannot be directed may still be an employee if subject to a residual right of control over other incidents of the work.

Area of Law

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