The answer to the question of whether a partner can also simultaneously be an employee of his partnership has long been considered to be settled law. However, the introduction of limited liability partnerships (LLPs) in 2001 has not only raised the new question of whether LLP members can also be employees but has, in doing so, reopened the question of the employment status of partners, questions which now need to be viewed in the context of the widespread practice of having both equity and other types of partner/member. Furthermore, with much legislation now giving rights to ‘workers’ rather than employees, the question has arisen of whether LLP members or partners can also simultaneously be workers, regardless of whether they can also be employees. The answers to these questions go to the very heart of what the law regards as an employer–employee or firm–worker relationship, yet recent legislation and jurisprudence have failed to clarify the legal position. This article explores the employee and worker status of partners and LLP members, and the consequences both for them and for the development of the law.

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什么时候合伙人/LLP 成员不是合伙人/LLP 成员？与就业和工人状态的接口

合伙人是否也可以同时成为其合伙人的雇员这一问题的答案长期以来一直被认为是固定的法律。然而，2001 年有限责任合伙企业 (LLP) 的引入不仅提出了 LLP 成员是否也可以成为雇员的新问题，而且在此过程中重新提出了合伙人的就业状况问题，这些问题现在需要在拥有股权和其他类型的合作伙伴/成员的普遍做法的背景下被视为。此外，由于现在许多立法赋予“工人”而非雇员权利，因此出现了 LLP 成员或合伙人是否也可以同时成为工人的问题，而不管他们是否也可以成为雇员。这些问题的答案是法律视为雇主-雇员或公司-工人关系的核心，但最近的立法和判例未能澄清法律立场。本文探讨了合伙人和 LLP 成员的雇员和工人身份，以及对他们和法律发展的影响。