Sentences with phrase «whether casual workers»

Before and during the work on this review, both judicially (in the tribunals and courts) and in the media, one topic received much scrutiny; how do you decide whether casual workers, especially those in the «gig economy», should be considered an employee, self - employed or a worker?

Not exact matches

Having gone on to uphold the tribunal's finding of no employment contract, the EAT went on to give the following guidance, which bears reading in full by anyone dealing with one of these cases: Unlike casual worker cases, where the key issue is mutuality of obligations, to construct one overall contract of employment, in agency worker cases the key issue is likely to be «whether the way in which the contract is in fact performed is consistent with the agency arrangements or... is only consistent with an implied contract between the worker and the end user and would be inconsistent with there being no such contract».