Category Archives: Status

Express your personality

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Usefully Employed

…if you want your legal personality to be an express term. Employers should note the cautionary tale of Mr & Mrs McVeigh, who appealed to the EAT on a tribunal’s determination that they personally were the employers of their dismissed … Continue reading →

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Director / shareholder status claims stayed

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Usefully Employed

All Employment Tribunal claims depending on the status of majority shareholders / directors are being stayed until the Court of Appeal gives its judgment in Secretary of State for BERR v Neufeld. My prediction is that the court will uphold the … Continue reading →

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Apprenticeships

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Usefully Employed

Apprentices aged under 19, or who are in the first year of their apprenticeships, do not qualify for the minimum wage. There has a been a de facto minimum of £80 per week for the last couple of years, simply … Continue reading →

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Na zdrowie!

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Usefully Employed

It’s been a while – apologies. The reason for my absence was a holiday to Wrocław. It is a beautiful city and I recommend it to you. The trip was also my first to Eastern Europe – Prague, Krakow and … Continue reading →

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Agency Workers

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Usefully Employed

A neat summary of the situation at present: The question of whether a claimant in an unfair dismissal case is or is not an employee within the meaning of the 1996 Act is increasingly litigated before employment tribunals in unfair … Continue reading →

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