Classification: employee

(b) Under the contractual-rights approach, a valid and comprehensive written contract is classified by objectively construing the rights and obligations it creates, not by the parties’ label or a free-ranging review of later conduct. The leading case is *Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union v Personnel Contracting Pty Ltd* [2022] HCA 1.

(c) The labour-hire company must pay at least the applicable employee minimum or award wage.