Supreme court begins hearing plumber's employment case

Ruling in Pimlico Plumbers case will set precedent for other gig economy disputes such as UberThe predicament of a plumber who claims he was dismissed because he wanted to go part time is being examined by the supreme court in a test case that could decide employment rights for all of those in the so-called “gig” economy.Pimlico Plumbers, which has lost at every stage of the legal dispute, has appealed to the UK’s highest court to argue that those it sends out to repair leaking