Guiding Case No. 238: Sheng Mouhuan v. A Jiangsu Network Technology Co., Ltd.
A platform enterprise cannot avoid labor-law scrutiny merely by requiring workers to register as sole proprietors before signing cooperation agreements. Where core business functions are subcontracted, courts should identify the enterprise most closely connected to the worker by examining actual management and remuneration arrangements.
Holding
A platform enterprise cannot avoid labor-law scrutiny merely by requiring workers to register as sole proprietors before signing cooperation agreements. Where core business functions are subcontracted, courts should identify the enterprise most closely connected to the worker by examining actual management and remuneration arrangements.
Issues
forced sole-proprietor registration to avoid labor dutiessubcontracting of core businessidentifying the enterprise most closely connected to the worker