All items: Meaning of worker

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  Ashby v Addison and another (t/a Brayton News) [2003] All ER (D) 98 (Jan) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Working time: I5-year-old "paper boy" was not entitled to paid holiday under WTR

    Date:

    4 April 2003

    In Addison & Addison (t/a Brayton News) v Ashby, the EAT holds that a 15-year-old "paper boy" is not a "worker" for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1998, and so is not entitled to four weeks' paid annual leave under the Regulations.

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  Cavil v Barratt Homes Ltd EAT/0208/03 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up: sub-contractors' terms; and rejecting disabled job applicants

    Date:

    4 November 2003

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering: sub-contractors' terms; and rejecting disabled job applicants.

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  Kigass Aero Components Ltd v Brown [2002] IRLR 312 EAT (3 reports relating to this case)

  • Holiday pay: Workers on long-term sickness absence were entitled to holiday pay

    Date:

    24 June 2002

    In Kigass Aero Components Ltd v Brown, Bold Transmission Parts Ltd v Taree and Macredie v Thrapston Garage, the EAT holds that workers on long-term sick leave, so long as they continued to be employed, continued to accrue holiday entitlement and could claim holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations 1998 even in circumstances where they had been absent from work throughout the particular leave year and where their contractual sick pay had run out.

  • Anomaly raised in ruling on sickness holiday pay

    Date:

    21 May 2002

    In its decision in favour of off-work staff, even the EAT admits firms may be driven to terminate contracts of the long-term sick.

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 April 2002

    Each month our resident experts from Pinsent Curtis Biddle brings you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

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  List Design Group Ltd v Douglas and others [2003] IRLR 14 EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Holiday pay: Withholding holiday pay under WTR is unlawful deduction from wages under ERA

    Date:

    21 February 2003

    In List Design Group Ltd v Douglas and others, the EAT holds that employees whose claims for holiday pay were out of time under the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 were entitled to bring their claims under the Employment Rights Act 1996 for unlawful deductions from wages.

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  McCarthy and others v Blue Sword Construction Ltd [2003] All ER (D) 226 (Jul) EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • McCarthy and others v Blue Sword Construction Ltd

    Date:

    31 December 2003

    In McCarthy and others v Blue Sword Construction Ltd [2003] All ER (D) 226 (Jul) EAT, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the appellants were employees, on a proper analysis of the relationship, and therefore entitled to notice pay. There was no agreement that the appellants' pay included any provision for rolled-up holiday pay so they were entitled to accrued holiday pay.

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  Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v Wright; Redrow Homes (North West) Ltd v Roberts and others [2004] IRLR 720 CA (2 reports relating to this case)

  • Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v Wright; Redrow Homes (North West) Ltd v Roberts and others

    Date:

    1 September 2004

    In Redrow Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd v Wrights; Redrow Homes (North West) Ltd v Roberts and others [2004] IRLR 720 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the employment tribunals had correctly concluded that the applicant contract bricklayers were employed under contracts whereby they undertook personally to perform work or services for the company and, therefore, were 'workers' within the meaning of the Working Time Regulations 1998, regulation 2(1)(b).

  • Case round up

    Date:

    1 July 2004

    Our resident experts at Pinsents bring you a comprehensive update on all the latest decisions that could affect your organisation, and advice on what to do about them.

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  Torith Ltd v Flynn EAT/0017/02 (1 report relating to this case)

  • Case round-up: continuity of employment and holiday pay

    Date:

    21 January 2003

    This week's case round-up from Eversheds deals with: continuity of employment; and holiday pay.

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  Voteforce Associates Ltd v Quinn [2001] All ER (D) 483 (Jul)  EAT (1 report relating to this case)

  • Working time: Casual worker not entitled to paid annual leave

    Date:

    1 November 2001

    In Voteforce Associates v Quinn, the EAT holds that a casual waitress was not entitled to paid annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998 as there was no overarching contract of service or contract for services governing the relations between herself and the company that engaged her every week for a 13-week period.