Election results 2024: What changes can employers expect?

Worker status

Labour intends to reform the current employment status system whereby we have three categories:

1. employees;
2. workers; and
3. the self-employed.

Instead, it will propose a two-tier framework:

• workers; and
• self-employed.

As a result, those we currently see as ‘workers’ might benefit from more employment rights and protections.

It is not clear how this will be implemented in practice given the significant differences between employees and workers as currently defined.