The government should ban the use of umbrella companies to employ workers and make organisations liable for upholding workers' rights, the TUC has said.
Tax
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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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The government should incentivise job sharing by cutting employers’ national insurance contributions for employees in such roles, MPs and campaigners...
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IR35 reforms in the private sector have posed significant challenges for organisations that want to use contractors for short-term project work.
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has revealed a four-point plan to tackle poor practice by umbrella companies.
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MPs vote against amendments to the Finance Bill that would have clamped down on the misuse of umbrella companies.
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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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Two amendments have been tabled the Finance Bill currently passing through parliament to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies.
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Regulation of umbrella companies would prevent workers from losing out on rights such as holiday pay, government told.
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About 48,000 ‘mini umbrella’ companies have been created in the past five years in a bid to reduce recruitment agencies’ tax and national insurance liabilities.
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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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Questions on Covid-19 vaccination dominate this month's list, alongside IR35, right-to-work checks and the relationship between holiday pay and overtime.
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Matthew Taylor believes that aligning the systems for employment status and tax would help prevent worker exploitation.
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Employers hiring military veterans can, from today, apply for relief on national insurance contributions (NICs) for the first 12 months of employment.
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Changes to the off-payroll working rules – known as IR35 – take effect in the private sector today.