Opinion ID: 523636
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Permanence of the Working Relationship.

Text: 118 Although the district court listed the permanence of the working relationship as a factor in determining employee status, it made no findings regarding this factor. Independent contractors often have fixed employment periods and transfer from place to place as particular work is offered to them, whereas employees usually work for only one employer and such relationship is continuous and of indefinite duration. Donovan v. Sureway Cleaners, 656 F.2d at 1372. 119 A careful examination of the record indicates that with regard to this factor the cake decorators are much more like employees than independent contractors. Novak testified that she had been working for the Snells for approximately four and a half years. R. Vol. II at 5. At the time she started working for the Snells she expected to work there indefinitely. R. Vol. II at 20. She works an average of 50-60 hours a week at the bakery. 4 R. Vol. II at 9. Cf. Brock v. Superior Care, Inc., 840 F.2d at 1060 (transient nurses who work for several employers found to be employees); Sec'y of Labor v. Lauritzen, 835 F.2d at 1537 (seasonal migrant farmworkers found to be employees). 120