EAT explains when company owners are employees

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The owners or controllers of a business can also enjoy protection as employees. The conditions that must be satisfied before such protection exists have now been clarified in a new ruling from the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

In a case in which it ultimately decided that a claimant did not qualify for employee protection, the EAT outlined how such issues should be decided.

Employees receive certain protections not available to people who are solely business owners or controlling shareh... (636 more words)

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