Managing employees/workers

Type:: Employment law manual

Determining employment status

Updated to include information on Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, in which the Supreme Court considered if private car-hire drivers were workers.

Type:: Employment law manual

Data protection

Updated to reflect that the European Commission has issued its draft adequacy decision on personal data transfers from the EEA into the UK.

Type:: Law reports

Cases on appeal

Updated to include information on Uber BV v Aslam and others, in which the Supreme Court dismissed Uber’s appeal on 19 February 2021.

Type:: Employment law manual

Occupational pensions and employment law

Updated to include information on London Fire Commissioner and others v Sargeant and others concerning the non-discrimination rule, and the outcome of the consultation on public-service pension schemes.

Date:: 22 February 2021
Type:: Editor's choice

Take part in our maternity, paternity and parental leave and pay survey

Take part in XpertHR's research to find out how your organisation's approach to enhancing pay for maternity, paternity and shared parental leave compares.

Date:: 19 February 2021
Type:: Law reports

Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are workers

In Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, the Supreme Court, agreeing with the employment tribunal and lower appeal courts, ruled that Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to receive the national minimum wage and paid annual leave.