Postby wildatheart » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:04 am
European Law states that anyone working in the same place, same job for 13 weeks becomes an employee with employee rights. After all, a cleaner or gardener who works a regular day/hours can't earn other money in this allocated time. This includes sick pay and holiday pay would be equivalent to what they earn for a week.
It used to be 5 weeks but would need checking out. It's usually a good idea to draw up Terms of Agreement when someone starts working for you regularly, whatever the job.
Young people and foreigners could be frightened of arguing for any of this and losing their jobs and many employers would "let them go" and find someone more amenable - meaning they could be denied their rights
Hope that helps