Uber BV & ors v Aslam & ors [2021] UKSC 5 – Law Journals

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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The year ahead: What’s on the employment law horizon for 2022?

Eleanor Doubleday considers what the next 12 months may have in store for employers and their advisers 2022 may be the year when the Employment Bill originally promised in 2019 will finally begin its journey through Parliament. 2020 and 2021 were not the years that we were expecting. For many, the Covid-19 pandemic brought with …

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Legal news: Employment update

Susan Mackay rounds up the latest developments affecting employers and their advisers Although the responses to BEIS’ consultation were generally in favour of a new workers’ watchdog, a number of concerns were raised. Workers’ Watchdog: New single enforcement body to be created On 8 June, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published …

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Legal news: Employment update

Emma Malczewski rounds up recent developments affecting employers and their advisers Employers need to continue to be mindful of employee relations – situations can arise where employees move away from their existing union to a newer union with different objectives. Uber makes changes after Supreme Court ruling that its drivers are ‘workers’ Following Uber’s defeat …

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Employment status: Supreme Court reframes the approach for determining worker status in Uber case

Alan Lewis highlights the key points to come out of the Supreme Court’s long-awaited decision in Uber In the Supreme Court’s view, it would be inconsistent with the purpose of the legislation to treat the terms of a written contract as the starting point to decide whether an individual falls within the definition of a …

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