Definitions of Worker & Employee – Employment-law Rights
EMPLOYMENT LAW DISTINCTION BETWEEN ‘EMPLOYEES’ & ‘WORKERS’ AFFECT HOLIDAY & PAY RIGHTS Affect who the employer is and who is responsible for ones wage or salary, holiday pay, employers contribution to national insurance, pension rights, and employment protection, the legal distinction made between “employees” and “workers”, and between those and “contractors” ~one’s entitlements depend on whether in the eyes of the law one is an employee, or a worker, subcontractor, self employed contractor or partly a freelancer. Because of their different legal definiti proshape rx ons an ‘employee’ or a ‘worker’ in the eyes of the law may be in fact a ‘contractor’ or a ‘subcontractor’, and vice-versa -and employment through an employment agency may or may not itself fall in different category. Definitions and categories affect entitlements. Many employees lose out on entitlements, because their legal employment category, or because who the law regards as employer, is different than they think or have been told. When one is paid to do work for another it is important to know how the employment contract is formed, and ones employment status.