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Posted on 12 March 2010 - Post your comment
Published by Lisa Meadows
Contractors should not rely upon right of substitution clauses to exempt them from IR35 liability, it has been claimed.
Writing for Contract Eye, Kate Cottrell from employment status consultancy Bauer...
Posted on 11 March 2010 - Post your comment
Adopting the Agency Workers Directive measures before the regulations are finalised may not be a good idea, it has been claimed.
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) says firms should adopt a cautious approach to...
Posted on 8 March 2010 - Post your comment
Posted by Lisa Meadows
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has called the legality of the Agency Workers Directive draft regulations into question.
According to the organisation, the draft contains new aspects that...
Posted on 5 March 2010 - Post your comment
Published by Lisa Meadows
Supermarket giant Asda has introduced equal treatment for agency workers it hires, according to reports.
The Times revealed that the firm has improved temp employment conditions, 18 months before the...
Posted on 26 February 2010 - Post your comment
Published by Susie Lee-Kilgariff
Freelancers who work through a PAYE umbrella company are able to claim 'non-chargeable' employee expenses, it has been claimed.
Unlike 'chargeable' expenses, these are not refundable through the...

