Enderby v. Industrial Commission

The statutory definition of employee for the purposes of ch. 102 includes: “Every person in the service of another under any contract of hire, express or implied, ...” Where one has made a contract to render service for another, the latter must have the right under the contract to control the details of the work if the former is to be an employee. Woodside School Dist. v. Industrial Comm. (1942), 241 Wis. 469, 471, 6 N. W. (2d) 182.

Mrs. Enderby, and the other ladies, responded to a request by the pastor, and performed valuable services for the church. The Mission Society furnished the ladies…