Employment status

Resource type: Practice note

Status: Maintained

Jurisdictions: England, Scotland, Wales

A note of the legal and practical considerations relating to employment status, and the practical distinction between employees, workers and the genuinely self-employed.

PLC Employment, based on an original article by Darryl Evans, of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP

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Resource ID: 6-200-4244
Products: PLC UK Commercial, PLC UK Employment, PLC UK IPIT & Communications, PLC UK Pensions, PLC UK Public Sector
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Legal update: archive

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