Review of practice for determining job status 'ongoing' after bogus self-employment case

The Karshan  judgment, otherwise known as the Domino’s Pizza case, saw the court declare that pizza delivery drivers must be treated as employees rather than self-employed contractors. File picture

A review of the State’s code of practice for determining employment status remains “ongoing” in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court judgment in favour of delivery drivers, according to the Workplace Relations Commission.

In an update to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the WRC said the Supreme Court decision last October, known as the Karshan judgment, had brought “welcome clarity” and “provides a decision-making framework to assist businesses to correctly classify workers between those who are employed or self-employed".