worker-status

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Employee, worker, or self-employed? Why the label on your contract isn’t the final word

What you’re called on paper and what you actually are in law can be two different things. That difference decides which rights you actually have. Three categories, different rights An employee gets the full set of statutory rights. That includes protection from unfair dismissal after two years and statutory redundancy pay. It also includes statutory […]

Employee-favourable 2011

How you actually work can override what your contract says on paper.

If the way you actually work doesn't match your contract, a tribunal can look past the paperwork and decide your rights based on what really happens.