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- Type:
- Employment law manual
Updated to include information on Glasgow City Council v Johnstone and another, concerning the employment status of foster carers.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to reflect that the right to a written statement of employment particulars is extended to workers and that the holiday pay reference period has changed for workers without normal working hours, effective from 6 April 2020.
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- Date:
- 30 March 2020
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
As we continue to face the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, gig workers face a lack of protection from the Government. In contrast, the changes coming in on 6 April and the proposed Employment Bill continue to narrow the gap between the status and rights of workers and employees. Sian Jackson, principal associate at Mills & Reeve LLP, outlines the changes and how organisations should respond.
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- Date:
- 17 October 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Recent decisions by major employers to bring all contractors onto payroll have ruffled feathers in the contractor community. Six months before IR35 legislation is extended to the private sector, do employers face a talent drain or can they still engage with a flexible, self-employed workforce without facing the wrath of HMRC? Jo Faragher investigates.
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- Date:
- 29 April 2019
- Type:
- Commentary and analysis
Making predictions for the workplace is fraught with risk but Emma Shipp and Lynne Adams take a punt on technological change, new legislation, societal trends and, yes, Brexit, to lay out the likely challenges for HR professionals over the next 10 years.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect that the right to a written statement of terms and conditions of employment has been extended to workers, from 6 April 2020.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 20 December 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Uber BV and others v Aslam and others, the Court of Appeal held that Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed and are entitled to progress their claims for the national minimum wage and paid annual leave.
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- Date:
- 18 December 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In R (on the application of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain) v the Central Arbitration Committee and another, the High Court held that Deliveroo riders are not workers and therefore are not automatically entitled to a collective bargaining arrangement.
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- Date:
- 22 November 2018
- Type:
- Law reports
In Addison Lee Ltd v Lange and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that drivers who worked within the employer's private hire business were workers rather than self-employed.
