The Department of Social Protection published a Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status in January 2023. They have now updated it in November 2024 to take into account the Supreme Court decision in Karshan (Midlands) Ltd t/a Domino’s Pizza case. That case is a seminal case in addressing the question of who is an … Read more
Are pizza delivery workers employees or self-employed? This is a question that the Irish High Court has addressed with a judgment in December 2019 in a case involving Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers. It is an issue that has previously been addressed in the UK courts in cases involving Uber and Deliveroo delivery drivers. But this … Read more
Employee or self employed? This was the case of a medical doctor with his own practice who claimed he was an employee in respect of his work for a training provider. This is a common issue: whether an individual was an employee or was self-employed, notwithstanding the statement in a contract that the individual was … Read more
When a person brings a claim for unfair dismissal under the unfair dismissal legislation, there is one essential proof that they must establish at the outset: they must prove they were an employee. In most cases this is clear and is not a problem. But if the employer can show that the person was an … Read more