In determining whether the carrier exercises direction or control and whether the contract operator is engaged in an independently established business, the department may not use as evidence any factor to the extent that it is specified by the shipper or required by state or federal laws or regulations. The department believes it is unreasonable to consider mandates of law or specifications of shippers as evidence because they have not been imposed on the relationship between the contract operator and the carrier by those parties of their own volition.
Wis. Admin. Code Department of Workforce Development DWD 105.02