(a) In determining whether a natural person who provides services to franchise holders is an employee of the franchise holder for purposes of this part, it shall be presumed that such person is an employee if the services provided by that person are characterized by any of the following factors, these being indicative that an employment relationship exists:
- (1) The natural person will, for a period of time unrelated to any specific project or for an indefinite period of time, directly supervise one (1) or more employees of the franchise holder;
- (2) The franchise holder will withhold local and federal taxes or make regular deductions for social security or other deductions required by law from the payments made to the natural person;
(3) The natural person will be given the opportunity to participate in any benefit plan offered by the franchise holder to its employees, including, but not limited to:
- (A) Health insurance plans;
- (B) Life insurance plans; or
- (C) Pension plans; or
- (4) The natural person has an employee license application pending with the Arkansas Racing Commission or will submit such an application during the time the services are being rendered to the franchise holder, and the cost of the license has been or will be paid for or reimbursed by the franchise holder.
- (b) The commission may, after considering the factors in subsection (a) of this section and any other applicable information, require that the natural person obtain an employee license before providing or continuing to provide any service to a franchise holder even if an agreement to the contrary exists between the franchise holder and the natural person.