A few home truths on homeworking
A few home truths on homeworking
- 2002
- Estates Gazette (0218) 4 May 2002, 146-147(2) .
The growth of homeworking is raising questions over whether such workers are catagorised as employees or self-employed. The answer is important as an employee is protected in law. The answer depends on the specific conditions of employment: whether there is a contract of service or a contract for services. Using cases, the article illustrates how courts decide what status a person is regardless of the label given them.
READY MIXED CONCRETE (SOUTH EAST) LTD V MINISTER OF PENSIONS AND NATIONAL INSURANCE
MONTGOMERY V JOHNSON UNDERWOOD LTD
HOMEWORKING
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
CONTRACTORS
SUB-CONTRACTORS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
EXPRESS & ECHO PUBLICATIONS LTD V TANTON
The growth of homeworking is raising questions over whether such workers are catagorised as employees or self-employed. The answer is important as an employee is protected in law. The answer depends on the specific conditions of employment: whether there is a contract of service or a contract for services. Using cases, the article illustrates how courts decide what status a person is regardless of the label given them.
READY MIXED CONCRETE (SOUTH EAST) LTD V MINISTER OF PENSIONS AND NATIONAL INSURANCE
MONTGOMERY V JOHNSON UNDERWOOD LTD
HOMEWORKING
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYEE PROTECTION
CONTRACTORS
SUB-CONTRACTORS
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
EXPRESS & ECHO PUBLICATIONS LTD V TANTON