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Crown employees definition

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What does Crown employees mean?

The term used to describe an employee who is a servant of the crown, such as a civil servant.

Crown employees are a different category of employees and only certain employment legislation applies to them.

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Worker status

This Practice Note examines the definition of worker under the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) and other employment legislation.Key conceptsFor employment law purposes, an individual who provides work or services for another person may be:•a worker, in which case they will have certain rights under employment law•an employee (see Practice Note: Employee status), in which case they will have additional rights under employment law (eg unfair dismissal, maternity leave and redundancy rights)•neither a worker nor an employee (ie the individual is self-employed, or an independent contractor), in which case they will have no rights under employment lawAll individuals who have employee status also fulfil the statutory definition of a 'worker' for the purpose of the statutory protections that are accorded to that wider category of working individuals. However, not all workers will meet the definition of 'employee'. It follows that, even if an individual does not qualify for employee status, they may still qualify as a 'worker'.For a quick-reference checklist of the sets of rights accorded to employees and...

Entitlement to claim unfair dismissal

STOP PRESS: The Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024, SI 2024/1155 (ET Rules 2024) in force from 6 January 2025, replace the ET Rules 2013 set out in Schedule 1 to the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/1237 from that date. The Employment Tribunals (Procedure Rules) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1156, also in force 6 January 2025, primarily amend the Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2013, SI 2013/1237 to facilitate the coming into force of the ET Rules 2024. Presidential Guidance and Practice Directions will be amended to reflect the new rules in due course.For a destination table showing how the ET Rules 2024 correspond to the ET Rules 2013, and incorporating notes on the changes, see Practice Note: Employment tribunal rules of procedure 2024—destination table. This Practice Note will be updated in light of the ET Rules 2024 as soon as possible.The right not to be unfairly dismissed is a purely statutory right arising under section 94 of the Employment Rights...

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191 Crown employment

191 Crown employment(1) Subject to sections 192 and 193, the provisions of this Act to which this section applies have effect in relation to Crown employment and persons in Crown employment as they have effect in relation to other employment and other employees or workers.(2) This section applies to—(a) Parts I to III,[(aa) Part IVA,](b) Part V, apart from section 45,[(c) Parts VI to VIIIA,](d) in Part IX, sections 92 and 93,(e) Part X, apart from section 101, and(f) this Part and Parts XIV and XV.(3) In

Crown employees is referenced 1 in UK Parliament Acts