Macfarlanes LLP | United Kingdom | 25 Feb 2019
Welcome to the first in our new series of monthly briefings for HR teams and in-house employment counsel - bringing you this month’s employment law…
Ius Laboris | Ireland, United Kingdom | 18 Feb 2019
In March 2019, new legislation providing greater security and predictability for workers on insecure contracts and with variable working hours will…
Lewis Silkin LLP | Ireland, United Kingdom | 23 Jan 2019
The Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 (“the Act”) is not due to come into force until the first week of March. This gives employers some…
Taylor Wessing | United Kingdom | 23 Nov 2018
Following a series of high profile events across the globe, UK games workers are seeking greater recognition of their employment rights. Tell-tale…
DLA Piper | United Kingdom | 20 Jul 2018
The UK Supreme Court recently handed down judgment in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith1, the latest decision on the hot topic of employment status in the “gig…
Weightmans LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Jul 2018
The recent stream of cases dealing with worker status have focused on whether individuals who have been providing services to organisations are deemed…
Leigh Day | United Kingdom | 29 Jun 2018
Deliveroo has paid compensation to fifty Deliveroo riders who brought claims for employment rights, in yet another success for workers in the gig…
Lewis Silkin LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Jun 2018
In the latest major development in a series of cases on employment status, the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Pimlico Plumbers and confirmed…
VWV | United Kingdom | 31 Mar 2017
Recent research carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reveals that 1.3 million people are now taking part in the…
BDB Pitmans LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Dec 2016
Will members of the “gigging economy” ever be able to retire? Jonathan Gray, Pitmans, highlights the pensions plight of such workers There has been an…