SECTION 8:
EMPLOYMENT
If staff are employed or engaged in the UK, their terms of employment must comply with UK employment legislation.
A statutory and common law regime governs employment matters in the UK with most employment disputes being heard before employment tribunals rather than the courts. Different statutory employment rights apply to employees and workers.
Broadly speaking, the law defines an individual who works under a contract of employment as an employee and someone who works under any other type of contract under which they carry out work or services personally for another party to the contract who is not their client or customer, as a worker.
UK employment law is likely to differ from regimes outside the UK and in order to avoid costly litigation, bad publicity and difficulty recruiting, it is necessary to understand the nature and effect of these requirements.
SECTION 8:
EMPLOYMENT
If staff are employed or engaged in the UK, their terms of employment must comply with UK employment legislation.
A statutory and common law regime governs employment matters in the UK with most employment disputes being heard before employment tribunals rather than the courts. Different statutory employment rights apply to employees and workers.
Broadly speaking, the law defines an individual who works under a contract of employment as an employee and someone who works under any other type of contract under which they carry out work or services personally for another party to the contract who is not their client or customer, as a worker.
UK employment law is likely to differ from regimes outside the UK and in order to avoid costly litigation, bad publicity and difficulty recruiting, it is necessary to understand the nature and effect of these requirements.
