IR35

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

IR35 reforms in the private sector have posed significant challenges for organisations that want to use contractors for short-term project work.

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has revealed a four-point plan to tackle poor practice by umbrella companies.

MPs vote against amendments to the Finance Bill that would have clamped down on the misuse of umbrella companies.

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

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

Regulation of umbrella companies would prevent workers from losing out on rights such as holiday pay, government told.

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.

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

Questions on Covid-19 vaccination dominate this month's list, alongside IR35, right-to-work checks and the relationship between holiday pay and overtime.

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

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

Our monthly round-up of what's worrying HR. In March HR's questions focused on IR35 reforms...

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.

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