Check employment status for tax English From: Contents Print this page The Check Employment Status for Tax tool gives you HMRC’s view of a worker’s employment status, based on the information you provide. It can also be used to check if changes to contractual terms or working arrangements may alter a worker’s employment status. You do not have to use the tool to make employment status decisions, but it can help you decide: the employment status of a worker or an individual you engage or represent if HMRC will consider you as employed or self-employed for tax and National Insurance contributions purposes, if you have (or expect to have) a work contract