Court Cases: Employment Tribunals and Worker

court cases: Gig economy worker loses Pimlico Plumbers holiday pay claim Read more The report says there is evidence some companies continue to exploit workers whom they had wrongly classified as independent contractors, according to The Independent. Unions are caught up in court cases that are going on for seven years. Field, who is chair of the work and pensions select committee, is calling for a fast-track system for employment tribunals involving worker status cases, as well as the introduction of a single labour market regulator. The idea that the law is working is farcical, Field said. Field said employment tribunals should be given powers to fast-track worker status cases and recommend their findings are applied on a company-wide basis. His report comes after Gary Smith, a heating engineer from Kent, last week lost a bid to claim 74,000 in holiday pay despite spending years to establish he was a worker entitled to such benefits in a case against Pimlico Plumbers which ended in the supreme court. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.