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Date: 20 January, 2012
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies has welcomed the decision by the REC not to include a prohibition on supply teacher agencies from using the ‘professions’ exemption within the Agency Workers Regulations. Adrian Marlowe, chairman of the ARC, said “Having pursued the issue with both the Department for Education and the ...
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Date: 18 January, 2012
2011 was an eventful year to say the least, what with the implementation of the AWR and ongoing efforts to limit their impact. The Coalition Government decided that IR35 would not be abolished, much to the disappointment of optimistic freelancers and the Red Tape Challenge opened up a dialogue between ...
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Date: 10 January, 2012
The recent case of JLJ Services Limited v HMRC (2011) has indicated which tests carry the most importance in establishing IR35 status. Mr Spencer, an IT specialist, provided services to Allianz through his own limited company between 2000 and 2007. He was supplied by Allianz through Highams Recruitment Limited, initially ...
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Date: 04 January, 2012
Historically recruiters have tended to shy away from supplying workers engaged on a self employed basis, largely due to the potential tax issues that may arise. There has reportedly been a recent surge in the popularity of self employment arrangements in order to avoid the AWR. So should self employment ...
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Date: 21 December, 2011
Lawspeed, ARC’s legal partner, has published 24 AWR myths – one for each advent calendar day! 1. Personal Service Company (PSC) contractors are automatically outside of the scope of the AWR Fact or fiction? Fiction – an individual working through a PSC is not automatically outside the scope of the ...