Definition of an employee
- Employees are people who work for someone under an employment contract.
- Someone may be an employee in employment law, however, they can have different tax purposes.
- It is the employer's responsibility to make sure that they work out every worker’s status in both tax law and employment law.
Employment rights:
Employees have additional employee rights and responsibilities, these rights do not apply to workers who are not employees. This includes:
- Emergence time off
- Statutory sick pay
- Rights to request flexible working
- Statutory Redundancy Pay
- Paternity, statutory maternity, adoption and shared parental leave and pay.
- If there has been unfair dismissal protection to be put into place.
