HR file: How to manage fixed term staff

Whatever your business it is important that you put careful thought into how to handle additional staff.

Worker or employee?

The first thing to consider is whether additional staff will be employees or workers. This is a tricky question that has been much-debated in the press recently and is important to address at the outset. Whether a member of staff is a worker or an employee is essentially a matter of fact, although what is written in the contract will be relevant to a degree. Workers have far fewer rights than employees, although both are covered by the right to the national minimum wage, holiday pay, working time requirements and protection against discrimination.