Following my article on 31st March, my concerns around attempts to whip up support for a group claim against umbrella companies remain.

Brexit has complicated exchanges of personal information between European and domestic businesses.

In our recent ‘must read’ articles ‘IR35 made easy’ and ‘IR35 made easier’ we addressed how to engage a contractor without risk and how to address risk in circumstances where there was no clear-cut answer on status. In this article, we consider some more specific issues surrounding engagements and, in particular, where contractors are paid on an hour/day rate basis…

In our recent ‘must read’ articles ‘IR35 made easy’ and ‘IR35 made easier’ we addressed how to engage a contractor without risk and how to address risk in circumstances where there was no clear-cut answer on status. In this article, we consider some more specific issues surrounding engagements and, in particular, where contractors are paid on an hour/day rate basis…

The news of school closures and move to remote learning may be causing a headache for both working parents and employers.

As part of the post Brexit trade deal struck at the eleventh hour between the UK and the EU over the Christmas period, agreement was reached to extend current data protection arrangements

On 1st December we published an article ‘IR35 – made easy’, in which we set out 5 questions to ask about the job requirement.

With Brexit fast approaching, businesses are being urged to prepare. Regardless of whether there is no deal with the EU, preparation should include considering the steps needed to address terms related to the transfer of personal data

In July the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the US privacy shield, which had previously allowed data transfers of personal data from the EU to the

In April 2021 the annual increase in national minimum wage rates will take effect, but this year there is a significant difference.

Following representations to HMRC, it has now announced more detail of its intended adjustments to the Off Payroll Rules.

On Monday 7th December, Jesse Norman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, appeared before the House of Lords select committee, on the issue of the new Off Payroll Rules.

There has been so much noise around IR35 tax that it has always been hard to see the wood from the trees.

The announcement in March that the new IR35 off payroll rules would be delayed until April 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic came with a huge sigh of relief for many in…

Umbrella companies have always operated at the lower end of the contractor supply chain employing workers who provide services either direct or through an agency to a hirer.

Umbrella companies have always operated at the lower end of the contractor supply chain employing workers who provide services either direct or through an agency to a hirer.