Flexible Working Expert Updates
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Give a Dog a Bonus
Sometimes when I visit competitor websites and read published articles on IR35, it’s like attending a Black Sabbath gig in the 1970s or going to the latest horror movie at my local cinema. I jump out of my skin with fright at what’s in front of me.
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Clearsky Accounting reviews 'Great Expectations'
Clearsky Accounting, part of the Parasol Family, have given ‘Great Expectations’ a glowing review on their ‘Ultimate Guides to IR35’ website.
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Fighting Fit for Flexible Working
We’ve all been there, or should have if you’ve flexi-worked for long enough. You’ve spent all day, every day – for weeks now – applying for work, and you’re getting nowhere…. fast. Work seeking is starting to feel as though you’re digging for coal with your bare hands.
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The tedious saga that is IR35 and a shameless bit of boasting
Yippee! IR35 is going to be abolished. Yabadabadoo! It’s dead and buried; Yikes! England has won the World Cup ….Err no. Wrong. Put that case of bubbly away and, bring out those tranquilisers instead. You really do need to calm down.
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Slippery Soap of Substitution - Part I
This is a three part article for owner managed contractors that must consider IR35. I argue that a reasonably fettered right to substitution clause that can’t be exercised in practice during an engagement won’t necessarily be a pointer to deemed employment.
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Slippery Soap of Substitution - Part II
In Part I, for owner managed contractors that must consider IR35, I suggested that a reasonably fettered right to substitute your company’s suppliers that can’t be exercised in practice during the engagement doesn’t always mean that it’s not a genuine right. But what I would say is this: you do need an….
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Slippery Soap of Substitution - Part III
In Part II, for owner managed contractors that must consider IR35, I suggested that a hirer that rejected your suppliers to save costs needn’t mean that your right of substitution is a sham. Nevertheless, you must still exercise…
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A Matter of Control
As a personal service company owner, you need to understand how the IR56 control tests could affect you differently when working for direct clients instead of working in recruiter placements. Something you may not have considered before…
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No Logo, New Lego...Part II
In Part II of ‘No Logo, New Lego’, I set out why I dislike the term ‘freelancer’, which the PCG, and some others, prefer to identify as those they describe as ‘working for themselves.’
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No Logo, New Lego...Part I
On National Freelancer’s Day, The Professional Contractors Group announced to the world – or 1.4 million freelancers, to be exact, their new branding: PCG ‘The voice of Freelancing.’
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National Freelancers Day – West London Event, Bayswater
Write up on National Freelancers Day, West London, Bayswater Event…and how I got my lager nicked…
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Great Expectations Testimonials
Here’s what a couple of high profile figures thought of ‘Great Expectations – The Flexible Guide to Flexible Working in the UK’, since it was first published a month ago. We will add some more as they come in…
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Direction and Control - Part II
In Part I, I explained what Direction and Control means, in recruitment terms. Here we look at its significance for owner managers…
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Direction and Control - Part I
According to s.13(3) Employment Agencies Act, 1973, the role of an employment business is to source and place ‘staff’ (flexible workers) to work under the ‘direction and control’ of hirers. A recruitment term that’s often misunderstood …
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A Time and Place
If you’re a Personal Service Company owner, briefed to supply deliverables for an engagement, working at the client site every day, during core office hours, won’t necessarily comprise your likely IR35 compliant status…
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