Morning all
HR in the news again today with the ruling on the Pimlico Plumbers case.
Employment lawyers are of the view this will shake up the gig economy as it was upheld that Gary Smith who worked for Pimlico was a worker and not self-employed.
One la
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Thought I would share a useful resource given all the discussion around employment status at the moment.
And the government consultation following the Taylor Review
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=5071
I hope this helps!
Sarah
Read more…The Employment Appeal Tribunal has today confirmed its decision in the Uber case thay the Uber drivers are workers and not self-employed and are workers and therefore qualify for worker's rights so holiday pay, sick pay, NMW etc.
Thanks to Daniel Bar
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Heard this one on the radio this morning and I was surprised that foster carers are self-employed? Albeit I guess it is not something I had given a huge amount of thought but foster carers were not a role I considered to be part of the gig
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Addison Lee have recently lost their Tribual case where their self employed drivers have been rules as workers.
https://www.ft.com/content/8c604808-a205-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2
This will have interesting implications for the Uber case which s
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For those early birds amongst you you may have heard Peter Cheese on Radio 4 this morning being interviewed about the new CIPD report on the gig economy.
The line was that the CIPD feels that there should be more clarity around the employment st
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Given all the latest case law on employment status, ACAS has recently issued some guidance on employment status.
All very topical at the moment given the review about to be undertaken into this
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=
Read more…The Court of Appeal has handed down its judgment in a recent case involving Pimilico Plumbers.
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2017/51.html
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision that the plumbers employed by Pimlico plumbers are workers, not
Hi all I'm sharing the Daniel Barnett update on this case which ruled earlier today. Interesting times indeed!!!!An Employment Tribunal has, this afternoon, ruled that two drivers who provide services to gig economy stalwart Uber are 'workers' within
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I've been watching this course and along with the Uber case will be interesting to see where HMRC and the courts land.
Enjoy
http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/articles/what-deliveroos-living-wage-troubles-mean-for-you.444/
Sarah
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Lots happening on the employment status front and the article below will be helpful for those Level 3 learners completing their MER assignments.
The Uber and Deliveroo cases will be ones to watch and the article below nicely summarises some of t
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One to watch in terms of an outcome and any resulting case law, as we know employment law can sometimes provide a different view to HMRC's view of employment status.
Does anyone have a view on which way this one will go? I noted the article was
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