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In recent years work status compliance issues have rarely far from a Chancellor’s statement and this year's Autumn initiative was no exception. Dave Chaplin, CEO of IR35 Shield gave his assessment of the ideas and initiatives introduced: "Jeremy Hunt today claims he focused on growth. If he is so focused on growing the economy, he should have unshackled the UK's flexible self-employed workforce by repealing the unworkable and deeply flawed Off-payroll legislation,” said Chapli...

National Insurance Contributions are set to be cut from 12% to 10% from 6 January 2024, according to the UKs Autumn Statement 2023 published yesterday.

The self-employed are to benefit from a 1p cut to National Insurance that will leave them £350 better off a year on average.

Irregular-hour workers in the UK will be entitled to receive holiday pay ‘rolled-up’ as part of their pay, in a move aimed at ensuring short-term staff receive their holiday pay.

Labour will implement plans to bolster workers’ rights within 100 days of taking office, Angela Rayner has told the Labour party conference.

HMRC has confirmed that its online IR35 status checker tool has completed its migration to a new platform, as the government tax collection agencys revamp of the service continues apace

A survey conducted by contracting authority ContractorCalculator has uncovered alarming levels of non-compliance and lack of worker protections within the umbrella industry. The findings paint a bleak picture of systemic abuse, neglect and confusion around umbrella working.

Research conducted by contracting authority ContractorCalculator paints a bleak picture of the plight of IT contractors ‘forced’ to provide their services through umbrella firms.

HMRC is reportedly planning to roll out its fix for the double-taxation issue affecting IR35 compliance cases by April 2024.

Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the conclusions