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The Integration Test : Stevenson Jordan And Harrison V Macdonald And Evans

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The Integration Test: In Stevenson Jordan and Harrison v Macdonald & Evans, Lord Denning specified that under a contract of service, an individual is a part of the business and the work conducted is integral to it, whereas, work under a contract for services is conducted for the business but is only an accessory to it. Rather than emphasising the range of control, the test relies on to what extent the individual is absorbed into the organisation. This test is valid to an extent when establishing the employment status of highly skilled professionals but it is unfitting to the modern labour market. Difficulties arise when assessing flexible employment which is used to match supply and demand, these individuals have no permanent relationship, and this usually attracts employers as they have no responsibility for them and are not employees. The test is not completely diminished as seen in Franks v Reuters , where the individual had been permanently working for Reuters for a number of years and was sent from an employment agency, the level of integration was considered however it was not decisive. Since the inability of the test to be exclusively relied upon to determine employment status and the addition of different types of workers on the increase, a multifactorial approach is necessary. The Multiple Test: Ready Mixed Concrete v MPNI is the crucial case in which McKenna J illustrated three conditions that have to be satisfied for a contract of service; 1. Provisions of

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