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Thirteen-year saga over tax status of delivery staff has important implications for workers in the gig economy
Labour will implement plans to bolster workers’ rights within 100 days of taking office, Angela Rayner has told the Labour party conference.
The Supreme Court has handed down an important decision clarifying certain aspects of entitlement to paid holiday pay following an appeal from a decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal (NICA).
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will have a solution in place by April 2024 to solve a long-standing issue that has repeatedly seen the government agency accused of over-collecting tax from non-IR35-compliant public sector bodies, it is claimed.
Tweaked promises on employment status have been denounced by Unite but election policies are still being measured up
Department's failings extend well beyond its poor customer service standards
The Department for Work and Pensions has seen a marked decline in the number of outside IR35 contractors it engages since the department was hit with a £87.9m tax bill.
Treasury consultation focuses on intermediaries hiring temporary workers
Bosses at rogue umbrella companies who cheat the taxman and mistreat their staff threaten the UK’s economic growth prospects.
Is Labour planning to attack this policy?
An employment tribunal has rejected Amazon's bid to have drivers’ employee rights claims dismissed.
Thousands more UK workers are being treated as employees
Contractors have cited the IR35 reforms as being their biggest concern in 2023, ahead of the cost-of-living crisis and the government’s planned tax rises
Freelancers are suffering for no benefit to themselves or the taxman
Presenter Kaye Adams has been caught in an increasingly expensive legal merry-go-round
Tax Faculty recommends restricting or removing fiscal incentives to arbitrage employment status.
HMRC admits that freelancers are eligible to reclaim all tax paid under IR35 regime if hirers misclassify them
IT contractors set out how the changes have affected their ability to find work in the UK
Contractors working for public sector bodies that have fallen foul of the IR35 rules could be entitled to a pay-out from HMRC.
National Audit Office releases report on lessons from the implementation of the 2017 reforms to tax rules for off-payroll working in the public sector.
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