Lee Ting Sang v Chung Chi-Keung [1990] UKPC 1 is a UK labour law case concerning the scope of protection for people to employment rights. It took the view that an employment contract requires that regard be had to the economic reality of the relationship, looking at factors such as whether uses one's own tools or takes on business risk.

Facts

A skilled construction worker wanted to claim he was within the health and safety regulations. He did not have his own equipment.

Judgment

Lord Griffiths, 413-414, said there is a difference between ‘a skilled artisan earning his living by working for more than one employer as an employee and… a small businessman venturing into business on his own account as an independent contractor with all its attendant risks.’

See also

• Contract of employment in English law
• UK labour law
• EU labour law
• US labor law
• German labour law
  German labour law
  German labour law refers to the regulation of the employment relationship and industrial partnership in Germany.-Contract of employment:*Burgerliches Gesetzbuch §§ 611–630...