Classification of workers – How Do I Handle It?
Published on: 31/10/2024
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Michelle Ryan Partner, RDJ LLP
Michelle Ryan Partner, RDJ LLP
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Michelle is a Partner, practising as part of RDJ’s Employment law team. She has wide ranging experience advising on all aspects of employment law. Michelle also has built specialist expertise in Data Protection and Privacy issues and is a member of RDJ’s Cyber and Data Protection Team.

Our business has a mix of employees and self-employed contractors – I understand that the law may have changed recently, leading to a higher risk of contractors being deemed to be employees. How do I handle it?

The classification of workers as self-employed or employees is a matter which continues to dominate the headlines and indeed the agenda for businesses and there have been some important developments in this area over the past 12 months.

Revenue and the Courts expect Businesses to be able to demonstrate why it has determined a worker is not being treated as an employee.

In the event an individual has been misclassified as a self-employed contractor rather than as an employee, then Revenue may seek

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Disclaimer The information in this article is provided as part of Legal Island's Employment Law Hub. We regret we are not able to respond to requests for specific legal or HR queries and recommend that professional advice is obtained before relying on information supplied anywhere within this article. This article is correct at 31/10/2024
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