Employment status: "Self-employed" plumber was a worker

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  Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith [2017] IRLR 323 CA (1 other report)

  • Court of Appeal decides that a "self-employed" plumber was a worker

    Date:

    14 February 2017

    The Court of Appeal has held that a plumber, described in his contract as a "self-employed operative", was a worker under statutory provisions entitling him to rights as a worker.