Weekly Issue 608

Zero-hours, zero sum game

According to research by the TUC, workers on zero-hour contracts are more likely to do night shifts and to be paid less than other workers (...).

Reality “on the ground”

When deciding whether drivers were workers in Uber BV v Aslam and ors, the Court of Appeal has held that, although the relationship between the parties was presented in the written documentation as being one of self-employment, the tribunal was right to focus on what happened in reality between them (...).

In need of protection

In Secretary of State for the Home Department and ors v Sargeant and ors (heard jointly with Lord Chancellor and ors v McCloud and ors), the Court of Appeal has held that the government was not pursuing a “legitimate aim” when it introduced transitional pension arrangements (...).