Food demonstrator sets legal precedent in employment law

Sandra Mahon didn’t set out to make history in her job as a food demonstrator, but she did just that in relation to employment law.

Ms Mahon was employed by Henry Denny & Sons of the sausage fame, which was wholly owned by Kerry Foods in the early 1990s when she decided to find out whether or not she was an employee.

Her job was to provide demonstrations of Denny products in supermarkets. She was one of 70 people employed on that basis.