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Employed or self employed, that is the question! - 01 December 2011
Employment status - is someone employed or self-employed? This is one of the main areas of uncertainty in the UK tax system and for businesses one of the most expensive areas to get wrong in terms of higher labour costs, or more worryingly unexpected back tax liabilities.
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Stringfellows, the lapdancer and your payroll - 01 December 2011
What has a recent Employment Tribunal (ET) between Stringfellows and one of its lapdancers got to do with your business. Well it could be quite important if you use self-employed workers.
A judge has recently ruled that a lap dancer will be allowed to appeal a recent ET decision to establish whether she was an employee of Stringfellows rather than self-employed as she was treated for tax purposes.
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When is a self employed contractor an employee - 20 October 2011
A recent case in the long line of many regarding employment status has gone before the courts. However, this one addressed the issue of what a contract states versus what actually happens in reality.
Specifically. this case addressed the issue of whether an individual, who is expressly described as a self-employed contractor in his contract, is really a 'worker'.
Daniel Barnett’s Employment Law Bulletin reports:
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