Employment status

New and updated

• IR35 changes have 'seriously damaged' the NHS

  Date:

  22 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  Changes to self-employment tax rules have "seriously damaged" the NHS and the public sector, according to research by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) and the CIPD.

• From Uber to Deliveroo via Pimlico: The search for clarity on the gig economy

  Date:

  22 June 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  The law is being challenged by the gig economy business model to define and classify the terms "self employed" and "worker". How far have the courts got in achieving this amid a welter of recent cases, asks Richard Isham, employment partner at Wedlake Bell LLP?

• Union wins go ahead for Deliveroo collective bargaining case

  Date:

  15 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  A High Court judge today granted permission for Deliveroo couriers to challenge a previous ruling that they could not be classified as workers.

• Supreme Court confirms that "self-employed" plumbers are workers

  Date:

  14 June 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a "self-employed" plumber qualified as a "worker" under the statutory provisions and was entitled to the rights of a worker.

• Determining employment status

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith, in which the Supreme Court held that a "self-employed" plumber qualified as a "worker" under the relevant statutory provisions.

• Amazon delivery firms in employment status fight

  Date:

  4 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  The GMB has announced that it will take legal action against three Amazon delivery companies over their classification of drivers as self-employed.

• Consultation on changes to intermediaries legislation (IR35) for the private sector

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Government consults on proposals to reform the off-payroll working rules in the private sector.

• Gig economy: Addison Lee courier was a worker, holds EAT

  Date:

  18 May 2018

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Addison Lee Ltd v Gascoigne, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a cycle courier was a worker rather than self-employed.

• Policy on "employing" volunteers

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Volunteering agreement

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.