Direction and control are usually present if a worker integrates his or her services
into the business operation of the employer or firm. To decide whether integration
exists, determine:
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the scope and function of the business; and
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whether the services of the worker are merged into it.
When the success or continuation of a business depends to a substantial degree on
the performance of certain kinds of services, the workers who perform those services
must be subject to a certain amount of control by the business owner.