Richard Grogan: Sad reality is some workers have no employment rights

A recent court ruling has shone the light on gig working once again. The time for legislative change is now, writes employment solicitor Richard Grogan

The sad reality is that gig workers have no employment rights whatsoever. File photo: iStock

By structuring a contract in a particular way, a business can avoid giving an employee any employment law rights. 

At first sight, this may sound strange. However, the recent case of Karshan Midlands Limited trading as Domino’s Pizza and the Revenue Commissioners appears, at first sight, to have embedded the test of “mutuality of obligations” as the test for whether an individual is or is not an employee.