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    HM Courts and Tribunals Service pays £12.5m bill for IR35 failings

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Aug 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Aug 2021

    HM Courts and Tribunals Service has become the latest government department to fall foul of IR35 rules.

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    Home Office must pay £30m bill for incorrect IR35 assessments

    by Personnel Today 29 Jul 2021
    by Personnel Today 29 Jul 2021

    The Home Office is the latest government department to fall foul of the government's own IR35 laws.

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    Government department pays £87.9m to HMRC for IR35 failings

    by Personnel Today 26 Jul 2021
    by Personnel Today 26 Jul 2021

    Department for Work and Pensions used HMRC's own online checker tool to gauge contractors' status, but still came up with the wrong answers.

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    Tax compliance: it’s vital to audit your resource supply chain

    by Matt Fryer 25 May 2021
    by Matt Fryer 25 May 2021

    With revelations about the use of umbrella companies and the advent of IR35, companies need to urgently examine their supply chains.

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    Amendments tabled to curb umbrella companies

    by Adam McCulloch 21 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 21 May 2021

    Two amendments have been tabled the Finance Bill currently passing through parliament to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies.

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    Pensions Regulator: Gig firms should offer pensions

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2021

    The chief executive of The Pensions Regulator has said it is working with Uber to set up a workplace pension.

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    Spain passes landmark gig economy law

    by Jo Faragher 17 May 2021
    by Jo Faragher 17 May 2021

    Food delivery and courier companies in Spain now three months to employ drivers as staff under a landmark new law.

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    Gary Lineker faces IR35 tax accusation

    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2021

    HMRC has accused football and TV star Gary Lineker of having a £4.9m tax liability and of being a ‘disguised employee’ under IR35.

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    IR35 changes take effect in private sector

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Apr 2021

    Changes to the off-payroll working rules – known as IR35 – take effect in the private sector today.

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    April 2021 employment law changes: five things for HR to do

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Apr 2021

    An annual update on the changes to employment law that are happening in April 2021 – IR35, national living wage, statutory pay rates...

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    Deliveroo riders paid as little as £2ph, study alleges

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Mar 2021

    New study on riders' pay, strike action, investor criticism and Rashford talks mark bumpy run-up to Deliveroo flotation.

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    Four in 10 firms unprepared for IR35

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Mar 2021

    A survey finds 38% of mid-sized organisations are not prepared for the changes to off-payroll working rules, which come in on 6 April 2021.

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    IR35: An opportunity to rethink how skills are sourced?

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Mar 2021

    Organisations could see the preparation they have had to make for IR35 as a catalyst for rethinking where skills are sourced.

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    Spain to be first in EU to give gig economy workers employee rights

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Mar 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Mar 2021

    Platform workers to be given employee status while unions will be given the right to access algorithms used by gig firms.

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    Deliveroo to pay drivers bonuses of up to £10,000

    by Peter Crush 8 Mar 2021
    by Peter Crush 8 Mar 2021

    Fast-food delivery giant Deliveroo has announced it is setting aside a £16 million ‘thank-you’ fund to reward its most loyal...

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