EAT Contract of employment: Definition of employee
Whether claimant employed under a contract of employment – ‘sessional employment’ – succession of contracts
The claimant was placed on a list of relief hostel workers, after signing a document entitled ‘Relief Hostel Worker Contract’ which set out terms and conditions under which the respondent offered ‘sessional employment’. Relief hostel workers could decline to work any particular shift, or could make arrangements for another relief hostel worker to cover the shift for them. The Tribunal Chairman did not err in law in finding that, when the claimant worked a session, she did so pursuant to a contract of employment for that session. Cornwall County Council v Prater [2006] IRLR 362 applied.
Judges:
Richardson J
Citations:
[2007] UKEAT 0468 – 07 – 1212
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – Cornwall County Council v Prater CA 24-Feb-2006
The claimant worked for the local authority under a series of contracts. The employer denied that she had been continuously employed and there was no ‘irreducible minimum mutual obligation necessary to create a contract of service’. There were times . .
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Employment
Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.262319