Couriers are workers, not self-employed, tribunal rules

Group of 65 couriers entitled to employment rights, minimum wage and holiday pay. A group of Hermes couriers have won their fight to be treated as workers instead of independent contractors in what has been described as one of the most significant victories against exploitation of gig-economy workers. The judgement mirrors verdicts in cases brought against Uber, Addison......

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Recognition as employees rather than freelancers

A group of 27 artists and art lecturers who worked in the building overlooking Trafalgar Square in London, are claiming unfair dismissal and seeking to be recognised as employees rather than freelancers. In order to claim for unfair dismissal, these workers must show they were employed under a contract of service and were not self......

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