A recent survey by the CIPD has underlined how important the recent government consultation on the reform of the Employment Tribunals system and ‘resolving workplace disputes’ will be. According to the figures in their ‘Conflict Management’ report published earlier in March more than two out of three employers (69%) believe that they have no effective […]
March was a month of highs and lows for contractors and their tax affairs. In the first half of the month the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) released its review of small business taxation including IR35. The report had been eagerly anticipated by the contracting community and particularly the Professional Contractors Group, which has long […]
Commenting on the draft guidance, which the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is due to publish for comment today, Adrian Marlowe, Chair of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), said “BIS has worked very hard to produce guidance that is intended to help everyone understand the Regulations, and the ARC has provided significant […]
The government has today (1st April 2011) published the draft guidance, open for comment for a two week period. It is crucial that people recognise that the document is a work in progress and has not yet been finalised. Final guidance is expected to be published early in May 2011, with plenty of time for consideration before […]
The long awaited guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations is to be published in draft form today, and the final guidance is expected to be published early in May. Ravi Murphy, a Director of Lawspeed, in announcing a series of seminars to be held on the subject, said , “Many organisations have been waiting for […]
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has announced that it will be holding a free public meeting and presentation with key representatives of the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) at the BIS Conference Centre on 12th April 2011 to discuss the proposed Agency Workers Regulations guidance. Open to all recruitment businesses and hirers […]
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has released its review of small business taxation including IR35. Its proposals are aimed at aiding small businesses by reducing the complexity and uncertainty of the tax system. The report’s proposals include the merging of Income Tax with National Insurance, and three options for improvement to IR35. IR35, long […]
A limited company contractor has won an IR35 case in the first-tier tax tribunal. Mr Fitzpatrick provided design services to Airbus for the A380 project. Airbus had a contract with the principal contractor, which in turn had contracted with Mr Fitzpatrick’s own company. HMRC claimed that his company should be liable under the IR35 rules. […]
The government recently announced that it was delaying for a second time the implementation of the Bribery Act 2010 which was originally intended for October 2010, then pushed back to April 2011. It has now been delayed again as the Ministry of Justice acknowledges that it has passed its own January deadline for publication of […]
Following our article in January’s AZ newsletter, the draft regulations to abolish the default retirement age of 65 have been laid before parliament. The Regulations will come into force on 6 April 2011. The last ‘notice of intended retirement’ can be given up until 5 April 2011* for employee’s who have attained or will attain […]
