Employment status: Continuation on a theme

Åsa Waring and Camilla Down examine the latest cases to consider the vexed issue of whether an individual is an employee, worker or self-employed ‘Judges will go through a painstaking process of weighing up the factors in light of ever-increasing case law, ultimately arriving at a fact-specific conclusion that will perhaps add little clarity to …
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Vicarious liability: Moving with the times

Andrew Sugarman and Megan Crowther consider the extent of employers’ liability for personal injury in this rapidly changing area ‘Employers need to realise that their responsibilities are probably wider than was previously thought, with vicarious liability for the wrongs of others stretching beyond the classic master/servant relationship and stretching into conduct that might not previously …
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Employment status: Identity crisis

Hannah Disselbeck and Richard Kenyon consider whether the government can restore faith in the test for who is an employee, worker or self-employed ‘The Good Work Plan has received a lukewarm reception. Prospect dubbed it the “not good enough work plan”, and commentators have observed that it offers little in the way of detailed proposals …
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The year ahead: What to expect in 2019

Stefan Martin and Jo Broadbent outline the key developments that employers and their advisers should prepare for in the next 12 months ‘Several important cases are expected to reach the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the coming months, and we expect the government’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Sexual harassment in …
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