Employment Contract Implied by Accepted Services and Subordination

The court considered an appeal challenging the lower court's refusal to hear a wage claim because it found no employment contract existed. The appellate court determined that an employment contract is established under the relevant commercial code provision even if the parties did not explicitly agree on compensation, provided the employer accepted services that, under the circumstances, could only be reasonably expected to be compensated; in such a case, the will of the parties is irrelevant. Applying this, the court found that the plaintiff rendered substantial preparatory and investigative work over several months, which the defendant clearly accepted through its representatives, and this level of sustained, full-time effort implied an expectation of payment, fulfilling the remuneration requirement. Furthermore, the court found sufficient indicia of integration into the defendant's organization—including use of company resources like a vehicle, phone, and laptop, and clear directive language in communications—to establish the required subordination, thus reversing the lower court's decision and remanding the case for a substantive ruling on the claim.