Question: Is the difference between 'employee', 'worker' and 'self-employed' persons made sufficiently clear in UK employment law?
Answer: The distinction between the notions of ‘employee’, ‘worker’ and ‘self-employed’ persons is not sufficiently clear in the UK employment law. This problem is due to: 1) lack of statutory guidance in differentiating those three terminologies; 2) judicial engineering through the common law and 3) the problems deriving from management practices. Despite this uncertainty, different legal implications are attached to each those categories in terms of the rights......(short extract)
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Details: - Mark: 64% | Course: Employment Law | Year: 2nd/3rd | Words: 2836 | References: Yes | Date written: Not available | Date submitted: August 08, 2010 | Coursework ID: 616