{"id":9240,"date":"2021-05-31T13:47:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2024-11-19T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T17:29:51","slug":"are-you-a-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/are-you-a-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a worker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1996\/18\/section\/230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section 230(3)<\/a> of the Employment Rights Act contains a two-part definition for worker status. Part one defines a worker as an individual who has entered into or works under a contract of employment (all employees, therefore, are also workers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second part of the definition requires different elements to be present:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>there must be a contract with the organisation, but this contract does not have to be expressly written, as was the case in Uber (see my earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/its-a-status-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> on this latest case), where the contracts were implied;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the individual must be contracted to do the work personally (the personal service test) and not in a business capacity. It follows then, that the contract cannot be with a customer or client of any business undertaking; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>finally, there must be mutuality of obligation, meaning work must be given and paid for by the organisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A defining feature of a worker is that they must turn up for work even if they do not want to, whereas someone who is self-employed can decide when they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another feature is that self-employed individuals have control over the way in which the work is carried out. Self-employed people also pay their own tax and national insurance, whereas workers and employees pay tax using the PAYE system, which deducts the tax and national insurance at source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-if-you-need-help-determining-your-employment-status-or-believe-you-have-a-worker-status-claim-call-karen-cole-today\">If you need help determining your employment status or believe you have a worker status claim, call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaabarkergillette.com\/uk\/our-team\/karen-cole\/\">Karen Cole<\/a> today.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: This is not legal advice; it provides information of general interest about current legal issues.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Worker status was created to reflect the fact that some individuals, whilst not employees, are not fully independent either and are deserving of some protection under law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-9240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insight-article","tag-employment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are you a worker? 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