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"The dichotomy between employee and self-employed is being eroded in employment law, so much so that today it appears meaningless". Discuss.
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Question: - "The dichotomy between employee and self-employed is being eroded in employment law, so much so that today it appears meaningless". Discuss. Answer:- T his question requires to analyse the operation of laws governing the classification of employment relationships. Access to employment rights depends to a large extent on whether an individual is employed as an employee. The self-employed and a number of other groups (such as agency workers) tend to find themselves excluded from employment protection law. The answer will reflect how laws relating to the 'status' of employees and the self-employed work in practice, will identify the sources of uncertainty in the application of the legal tests of employment status and will evaluate to what extent the distinction has been eroded and the justification of maintaining the status quo. For a variety of reasons, which will be discussed below, it is important to determine whether a person is employed under a...
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