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2021/8 High Court rules that ‘workers’ should be protected from health and safety detriment (UK)
Keywords Health & Safety, Employment Status
Authors Shalina Crossley
DOI 10.5553/EELC/187791072021006001009
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Shalina Crossley
Shalina Crossley is Partner at Lewis Silkin LLP.

  • Abstract

      The UK failed properly to implement EU health and safety law by restricting protection from detriment on health and safety grounds to ‘employees’, the High Court (HC) ruled in a recent case. Such protection should be extended to the broader category of ‘workers’. Importantly, this ruling potentially increases employers’ exposure to Covid-19-related health and safety claims.

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