Newspaper boy was not an employee

In Bebbington v Palmer (t/a Sturry News) [EAT/0371/09], the tribunal found that a newspaper boy was not obliged to deliver newspapers and the newsagent was not obliged to provide him with such work. Therefore, he was a casual worker and not an employee.

The employment of a child in accordance with s. 18 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 does not automatically mean that they are an employee.