From: megane.06@gmail.com 
  
 On 15/09/2025 00:10, Nick Odell wrote: 
  
 > May I muddy the waters here? You only mention the word "employee" in 
 > your follow-up post. Does this person actually receive a payslip 
 > weekly/monthly/whatever with an employee reference and NI number? 
 > 
 > The majority of taxi firms around here contract self-employed drivers 
 > and don't actually pay wages as such. Of course, a payslip would 
 > settle it, but in the absence of a payslip is it possible that whilst 
 > the driver has been paid for services at the rate of the NMW they have 
 > not actually been an employee? That would, in my opinion, make sense 
 > of the list of benefits they are not receiving. 
  
 Given that she was only earning about €€4000 a year, I assumed this was 
 an escort rather than a driver.  As you say most drivers will be self 
 employed but if they were on a wage, I would expect it to be much higher. 
  
  
 > I was under the impression that TUPE applied to employees when a new 
 > owner takes over a company or staff are transferred to a new company. 
 > I'm not sure how the LA awarding a contract to a different taxi firm 
 > has anything to do with it - unless taxi firm B is taking on the 
 > employees of taxi firm A in the process. Either way, I don't see how 
 > it is the LA's responsibility. They are just the customer, not the 
 > employer/contractor. 
  
 I agree with you. 
  
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