Key gig economy case reaches Supreme Court (Pimlico Plumbers)

[uk contractor]

I'd be interested to know how much tax the 'employees' of Pimlico have been paying. I wonder if they're suddenly considered employees if they get a big backdated tax bill?

Minimal Tax as Charlie Mullins tends to employ EU nationals on low close to zero hour contract rates to boost his profits! He is a serial Remoaner as well because he needs these low paid workers to exploit.

[chopper]

My recollection of the PP case is that the 'worker' was more than happy to be self employed and take the extra money he got as a result, as PP paid him quite handsomely for this.

But then he got ill, could no longer work, and so has decided he'd rather like both the extra money for being self employed, plus workers rights.

Something like that.

[washed up contractor]

But it seemed in line with what the plumbers were saying on the tv show a few years ago.

But agree a large pinch of salt even so

How much someone earns has nothing to do with classing them as 'employed' ' self employed' or 'worker.' Cockney wide boy mullens was suggesting because his 'workers' earn £150k a year, they are SE. That is palpable nonesense.

[washed up contractor]

My recollection of the PP case is that the 'worker' was more than happy to be self employed and take the extra money he got as a result, as PP paid him quite handsomely for this.

But then he got ill, could no longer work, and so has decided he'd rather like both the extra money for being self employed, plus workers rights.

Something like that.

I think someone with even your limited intellect should be able to work out that if someone is told what jobs to do, what hours they have to work, has to wear a uniform and drive a company van amongst other things, that, the 'worker' was more akin to being an 'employee' than being self employed despite any spin the cockney wide boy may want to present.

[MrButton]

How much someone earns has nothing to do with classing them as 'employed' ' self employed' or 'worker.' Cockney wide boy mullens was suggesting because his 'workers' earn £150k a year, they are SE. That is palpable nonesense.

Who said it has? I was simply replying to someone who thought they were “woefully underpaid”

[SueEllen]

Who said it has? I was simply replying to someone who thought they were “woefully underpaid”

Most gig economy workers end up on less than minimum wage. This is one of the rare examples where someone in a group of workers isn't and so has the funds to take up a legal case.

And to be fair seeing what's happened at the BBC it was probably a good idea to do so to get their badly written contracts and working practices ironed out.