Hourly-paid lecturer wins full-time employee rights

• Author:
• David Faulkner

An Employment Tribunal has found at a pre-hearing review that an hourly-paid lecturer was an employee and was therefore entitled to pension and holiday rights. The tribunal has yet to publish its substantive judgment.

Ms Carl worked as a tutor in shorthand typing at the University of Sheffield. Her contract described her as a “contractor” and included a clause stating that nothing in the document would create a relationship of employer and employee. She was told at interview that... (247 more words)

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