Thousands of gig-economy workers have been reclassified as employees under a Revenue amnesty scheme that followed a court decision on the status of pizza delivery workers. The new rules have ramifications in the arts sector, down to public libraries where many writers are among those part-time workers affected by sweeping changes. On October 20, 2023, the Supreme Court put an end to a 15-year-long dispute between Revenue and Karshan (Midlands) Ltd, an Irish subsidiary of Domino’s Pizza, over the tax status of the company’s delivery drivers. The judgment reviewed previous decisions, including the Tax Appeals Commission’s initial “examination of the…

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