Employment status: Who is a worker, when and why?

Ed Livingstone and Kimberly Dennis give a summary of recent cases on worker status An ability for the individual to substitute another person to carry out their duties under the contract will be highly persuasive when arguing that they are not a worker, so long as it is a genuine right and not merely theoretical. …
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Legal news: Employment update

Lesley Finlayson rounds up the latest developments affecting employers and their advisers Employers should only discuss retirement plans with employees when they have a clear and proportionate legitimate aim such as succession planning. Enquiring about retirement plans alongside grievance management was discriminatory In Tapping v Ministry of Defence [2021], a civil servant has won an …
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