Freelance workers
IR35 changes have ‘seriously damaged’ the NHS
Changes to self-employment tax rules have “seriously damaged” the NHS and the public sector, according to research by the Association...
Union wins go ahead for Deliveroo collective bargaining case
A High Court judge today granted permission for Deliveroo couriers to challenge a previous ruling that they could not be...
Most employers back idea for stable contract requests
Two-thirds of employers back the introduction of a right for agency workers and zero-hours contract workers to request a stable...
Don’t believe the gig economy hype, says Matthew Taylor
The view that full-time employment is in retreat and will be subsumed by the gig economy is not borne out...
DPD to offer self-employed drivers sick pay and annual leave
Parcel delivery company DPD is to give self-employed drivers access to benefits such as paid annual leave, sick pay and...
Gig economy: Pimlico Plumbers case heard at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hears a key gig economy case today as Pimlico Plumbers challenges last year’s Court of Appeal decision...
More than £800m generated from HMRC payroll investigations
HMRC collected £819m in additional tax through payroll investigations last year, as it continued to crack down on organisations that...
Taylor review: Government pledges to enforce day-one rights for workers
The Government has vowed to enforce workers’ rights from their first day in a job, in response to the recommendations...
Amazon drivers’ false self-employment dispute settled
A courier company that delivers parcels for Amazon has settled a dispute with drivers that the GMB union claimed were...
Zero hours workers subject to more sexual harassment
Two fifths of women and a fifth of men in the UK say they have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour at...
“We’re not like Uber or the other gig economy companies” – Hermes
Courier company Hermes has sought to distance itself from the criticism surrounding gig economy employers by claiming its use of...
Uber application to send case straight to Supreme Court is refused
Uber’s application to “leapfrog” an appeal to the Supreme Court has been refused.
Gig economy cases
Aslam and others v...
Landmark decision rules Deliveroo riders are self-employed
Deliveroo riders are not workers and are self-employed, according to a decision yesterday by the Central Arbitration Committee.
This means...
EAT confirms Uber drivers are workers
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed that Uber drivers should be classified as workers who are entitled to basic...
Gig economy: three ways to attract and retain the best freelancers
Research shows that sought-after technical workers increasingly want to work on a freelance basis. So how can employers stand out...
