Employment status – An Employee, Freelancer or Worker?
There are three different types of working individuals but deciding someone's employment status can be complicated as there is no single legal definition. Our advice is updated for 2011. Here…
More Gig economy ‘worker’ decisions – Excel, Addison Lee and Stuart Delivery
(Updated 29th October 2021) Following on from the recent decisions about Uber and CitySprint, now a bicycle courier working for Excel has been declared a ‘worker’ for employment rights and…
Uber drivers – Supreme Court rules they are workers
(updated 2021) Uber worker Supreme Court decision February 2021 – the details At the end of October 2016, an employment tribunal ruled that two Uber ‘test case’ drivers were not…
CitySprint bike courier is also a worker
Following the recent Uber ‘worker’ decision, another employment tribunal has found that a bike courier working for CitySprint is also a worker rather than self-employed, giving her rights to holiday…
Peter Stringfellow – how he is clarifying employment law
Updated for 2013. Last year there was an important employment law case about employment status that showed that Employment Tribunals would focus on the actual reality of working relationships when…
What employment status do I have? Your contract may not provide the answer!
Recently, Freelance Advisor reported on the very important Supreme Court 2011 legal judgement on Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others and how this may affect freelancers and contractors who have…
Who can have self-employed status in the film, television and production industries?
With Workline’s origin in the Film and TV Industries we thought we’d return to the infamous HMRC ‘Film, Television and Production Industry Guidance Notes’, that provide advice on how to…