Employee status – content pattern

Some employment rights apply only to people with the legal status of employee.

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when you're writing about rights that only apply to people with the legal status of employee.

The pattern

[intro specific to context] with the legal status of employee [can/ has the right to/ other wording specific to context].

[You/Someone] [are/is] not likely to be an employee if [you're/they're]:

  • an agency worker
  • a casual worker
  • on a zero-hours contract

Example

By law, anyone with the legal status of employee can take time off to help a dependant with an emergency. The law is the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Someone is not likely to be an employee if they're:

  • an agency worker
  • a casual worker
  • on a zero-hours contract

Things to remember

Use this content pattern once at the start of a page. After that, use 'employee' consistently.