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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.

Whether workers have been working throughout the pandemic or are now beginning to return to the workplace, maintaining health and safety is of crucial importance. Government has issued specific guidance that employers should follow to ensure safety in the workplace, but who is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of a PAYE temp?

Whether workers have been working throughout the pandemic or are now beginning to return to the workplace, maintaining health and safety is of crucial importance. Government has issued specific guidance that employers should follow to ensure safety in the workplace, but who is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of a PAYE temp?

Whether workers have been working throughout the pandemic or are now beginning to return to the workplace, maintaining health and safety is of crucial importance. Government has issued specific guidance that employers should follow to ensure safety in the workplace, but who is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of a PAYE temp?

In the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of Gallacher v Abellio Scotrail Limited an earlier employment tribunal judgment that the dismissal of an employee following an irretrievable breakdown in working relations was fair was upheld, despite the fact that the employer had failed to follow any process.

In the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case of Gallacher v Abellio Scotrail Limited an earlier employment tribunal judgment that the dismissal of an employee following an irretrievable breakdown in working relations was fair was upheld, despite the fact that the employer had failed to follow any process.

The government has today announced legislation to ensure that furloughed employees receive statutory notice and redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough rate.

August marks the start of the winding down of the current Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), which may signal the end of the furlough scheme for many agency workers.

Following on from news this week that employees can be furloughed and a grant claimed under the ‘CJRS scheme during a period of statutory notice

Today will see the final debate in the House of Lords on the Finance Bill, which contains the new IR35 Off Payroll rules for the private sector. This step is usually a formality, as tradition dictates that the House of Lords will not veto a Finance Bill. However,

Following on from last months updated treasury order, government guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (‘CJRS’) has been updated to address the use of the scheme for employees who are being made redundant, specifically whether

he Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will begin to wind down from August 2020, with the scheme eventually being withdrawn by the end of October.

Due to lockdown cancelled holidays, furlough and home working the reality is that many employees will have taken less annual leave in 2020 than would ordinarily have been the case. Therefore, as business

With the news that the off payroll measures in the Finance Bill have now passed through parliament, we now have certainty as to the content of the new IR35 rules and that they will apply from