ESM2310 - Agency and temporary workers: individual engagements

An individual short-term engagement can be either a contract of employment or a contract for services (or some other contract). The fact that there is no obligation on the engager바카라 사이트™s part to provide work beyond the individual engagement is neither here nor there.

In O바카라 사이트™Kelly and Others v Trusthouse Forte plc [1984] 1 QB 90 (see ESM7100), casual catering staff were found to be self-employed. However, the O바카라 사이트™Kelly case is certainly not authority for concluding that all casual staff are self-employed as it is sometimes claimed. The employment status of a temporary worker was also considered by the Court of Appeal in the case of Secretary of State v McMeechan (see ESM7180). By contrast with the O바카라 사이트™Kelly case, it decided that Mr McMeechan had been an employee even though the engagement only lasted for a very short period of time.