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Ajobholder is a new type of employment status inUK labour law, that was introduced by thePensions Act 2008, sections 1 and 88. Jobholders are entitled under the Act to be automatically enrolled in an occupational pension.
Section 1 of the Act reads:
(1) For the purposes of this Part a jobholder is a worker—
- (a) who is working or ordinarily works in Great Britain under the worker's contract,
- (b) who is aged at least 16 and under 75, and
- (c) to whom qualifying earnings are payable by the employer in the relevant pay reference period (see sections 13 and 15).
In turn, section 88 defines a worker in the same way as theEmployment Rights Act 1996 section 230, as someone either with a "contract of employment" (on which, seeAutoclenz Ltd v Belcher) or someone who personally performs work but is not a client or a customer.
The concept of jobholder was a fifth type of employment status inUK labour law. It joins,
In theERA 1996 section 205A, the government also created a new "employee shareholder" status, although the takeup of this was so poor that it has no practical relevance.[1]