Employment Status – who gives a sh**!

In recent months, we have been inundated with articles about the imminent changes to the IR35 rules and this got me thinking about the issue of employment status and what these changes will mean if anything. As an employment lawyer I often become bogged down in the legal intricacies of someone’s employment status, but when […]
Uber drivers: Workers or self-employed?

There has been a long -standing battle between Uber drivers and Uber about whether they are workers or self-employed. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has today decided that Uber drivers are in fact workers. Why? The Court confirmed that when determining an individual’s employment status, a Tribunal needs to examine the reality of […]