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…
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…
DAC Beachcroft | United Kingdom | 12 Apr 2018
The Low Pay Commission has opened a consultation seeking views on existing national minimum wage and national living wages rates and the rates that…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Dec 2017
As the year draws to a close, it's a good time to take stock of some of the key employment law cases from the past 12 months. Here, we consider the…
SE Solicitors | United Kingdom | 22 Aug 2017
The ‘gig economy’ is the latest hot topic in the employment world. This is where individuals are engaged on a flexible and ad hoc basis as independent…
Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Australia | 24 Jul 2017
The recent Fair Work Commission (FWC) Full Bench decision to insert casual conversion clauses in modern awards, and the Report of the Taylor Review…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 21 Jul 2017
The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices (the Review) was published on 11 July 2017. In our first article on the Review, we explained the…
DLA Piper | United Kingdom | 10 Feb 2017
Employment status is shaping up to be one of the hot employment law topics for 2017. Early February and we already have a Court of Appeal judgment on…
Lewis Silkin LLP | United Kingdom | 16 Nov 2016
An Employment Tribunal recently ruled that drivers engaged by Uber are workers, not self-employed contractors, meaning that they will be entitled to…
Burness Paull LLP | United Kingdom, USA | 1 Nov 2016
Readers of my blog post on "The Gig Economy" last week will not have missed the breaking news on Friday that the long-awaited judgment of the…