Employed or self-employed

Ash119

Hi everyone,

I am currently doing an assignment in employment law and I need to understand whether or not the person is self-employed or not.

She works as a sports Journalist.

the whole thing is about a discrimination case based on a someone with gender identity disorder.

Her contract states shes working under a "contract for services" (self-employed)

but she has an office at her place of work, she also has a supervisor monitoring her performance at work.

She also informed HR of her decision to come to work as a female now and HR told her that was okay but to dress back as a man when she is interviewing people.

Does any of this constitute as her being an employee? and if not does someone who is self-employed have rights under discrimination?

Thanks in advance.

Alan Shore

Have a look at http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/rct/determining-the-correct-employment-status-of-a-worker.html for a general summary. This summary is more applicable to construction but you will see some traits that will apply to most cases.

Journalists can be either as you have staff journalists and then journalists who write articles daily weekly or on commission one group are employees and the other self employed.