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Employment Status: Short-term contracts and Equality Act protection
The Court of Appeal has considered whether two court interpreters could bring discrimination claims despite ostensibly being self-employed. Helen Cookson and Anna Scott report ‘A self-employed individual will be protected under the EqA only if their contract puts them under an obligation to do the work personally.’ In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal …
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- C-256/01 Allonby v Accrington & Rossendale College [2004] ECR 1-00873
- Clyde & Co LLP v Bates van Winkelhof [2011] EWHC 668 (QB); [2012] EWCA Civ 1207; [2014] UKSC 32
- Jivraj v Hashwani [2009] EWHC 1364 (Comm); [2010] EWCA Civ 712; [2011] UKSC 40
- Quashie v Stringfellow Restaurants Ltd [2012] EAT/0289/11/RN; [2012] EWCA Civ 1735
- Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and Arada [2016] EWCA Civ 459