Our legal experts Baines Wilson are holding their popular employment law sessions in Cumbria and North Lancashire this spring.
Business leaders in Cumbria and north Lancashire will hear what the latest developments in employment law mean for them and their employees this Spring.
Baines Wilson LLP, Lawyers for Business, hold regular seminars to keep employers up to date with the latest court rulings and the real impact they have on companies across the UK.
In fact, the sessions are so busy, that the team is starting to share their expertise at a new venue in St Bees, adding to the already packed events in Penrith, Newby Bridge and Lancaster.
Among the topics that will be discussed at the seminars will be this year's employment law hot topic of the 'gig economy' and employment status.
The rise in the “gig economy”, where temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements (like and ), is giving rise to an increased number of court cases from workers seeking greater rights.
The term ‘gig’ economy has been coined because people get paid for each “gig” they perform, which could be providing a taxi journey or delivering food without any guaranteed hours.
These type of jobs offer no holiday pay, sick pay, protection against unfair dismissal, no right to redundancy payments or right to receive the national minimum wage.
It’s different to a zero hours contract, where casual contractors don't get guaranteed hours but they might receive holiday pay, but not usually sick pay.
A recent court case has thrown the ‘gig’ economy into a spin, as an employment tribunal has ruled that some drivers for Uber are in fact workers, which gives them rights to receive holidays, national minimum wage and breaks.
The Court of Appeal also found in a case last week that a so-called ‘self-employed’ plumber was also, in fact, a worker.
Joanne Holborn, Employment Lawyer at Baines Wilson said: “We’ll be asking delegates at the seminar to consider how they employ their staff. We will illustrate where case law hasn’t yet caught up with the way modern workplaces operate. We’ll help employers plan for some of the issues they will face and advise them on the differences between employees with full employment status, workers and the self-employed and all the grey areas in between.”
“Along with my expert colleagues Tom Scaife and Caroline Rayner, we’ll also be addressing some hot topics that have been requested by those who have attended previous seminars, including: recruitment, transfer of undertakings (TUPE), grievances as well as case law and legislation updates.”
Seminars are planned for:
, near Penrith on Thursday 4 April 2017 and at
, Newby Bridge on Tuesday 11 April 2017 .
The seminars run from 9.30am to 12.30pm, delegates start with pastries and hot drinks and finish the session with a buffet lunch.
It costs £90 a head and you can book a place by emailing Martha Winn on m.winn@baineswilson.co.uk .
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