A great victory for workers’ rights as a ruling on the Court of Appeal of historical ruling
In a great victory for workers’ rights, the Court of Appeal upheld a prominent judgment that the pilot who was flying to Rianaire was a worker and agency-and-not-contractor for their own account. The decision places an important precedent that can affect employment practices through aviation and other industries.
The court’s decision confirms that Pilot Jason Lutz was a “worker” at the Global Storm Employment Agency, in addition to the “agency worker” who was appointed to work in Riannaire, when he was wrongly classified as working for his own account. This means that the others who were employed in the same way are entitled to obtain major rights and protection such as holiday salaries, pathological wages, and appropriate rest periods.
The result in this case, which was supported by the British Aviation Pilot Association (BalPa), is expected to be long -term consequences for employers through flying, economics platforms, delivery services, and other sectors that depend on flexible workers. Companies will now have to review how they classify and deal with independent workers or contracting workers to work on third parties.
“This is a teacher’s legal victory not only for Jason Lutz and our members of the members, but the agency’s workers throughout the UK’s aviation industry and beyond,” said Amy Leverridge, Secretary -General of Balba.
“For a very long time, aviation workers have been rejected from their basic rights through complex employment arrangements and ambiguity. The court ruling cannot be used unanimously a strong message: it is not possible to use posters like” workers for their own account “to avoid the protection of employment.”
This ruling follows a series of outstanding victories for economists at the party-including the Supreme Court’s decision for 2021 against Uber and the rule of 2018 against Hermes-where drivers and assistants were found as workers, not contractors for their own account as companies claimed.
“For the first time, the Court of Appeal dealt with how the worker’s condition and agency worker rights in the context of long -term tasks,” Alice Yandel, a partner of Farreer & Co, said in the court.
“This result reflects our ability to achieve results in complex cases of its kind that pays the current legal frameworks.”
The use of third parties to recruit the pilots and classify them as being working for a common practice in aviation, and this ruling is expected to open the door for many claims against employers from pilots who may be entitled to pay.
“The consequences of this ruling will show that companies that are trying to use the imagination of a service company to deprive workers will be better at ensuring the provision of legal protection and workers’ rights from the beginning,” added Amy Lefersaj.
