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Rest Centres Needed For Gig Economy Night Workers
As our economy is increasingly 24:7 more people are working night shifts, often in the gig economy, and these important workers are often forgotten when
6 December 2021
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As our economy is increasingly 24:7 more people are working night shifts, often in the gig economy, and these important workers are often forgotten when
The High Court has declared Uber’s business model in which the app platform acts only as an agent to a ‘contract’ between driver and passenger,
The number of active job adverts in the UK continued to grow rapidly throughout November as businesses rush to hire staff ahead of Christmas. According
Treasury, HMRC and BEIS have just published a Call for Evidence on Umbrellas. It forms part of their commitment to bring umbrellas into scope for labour
Our friends over at recruitment agency Driver Require have analysed recent ONS workforce data, and revealed that almost 30,000 HGV drivers returned to driving in
Gig economy workers are more likely than the general workforce to be happy with the flexibility, control, training, and earnings their work gives them, according
In response to a government call for evidence, the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) have pointed out a number of flaws in how individuals
After a gap of some 9 months, BEIS has announced the appointment of a new Director of Labour Market Enforcement – Margaret Beels OBE takes
Multinational delivery company Glovo (headquartered in Spain) has announced a Couriers Pledge aimed at improving conditions for their self-employed riders. In their pledge, Glovo has
Important guidance released from HMRC – anyone working through an umbrella should check both their payslip and personal tax account to ensure that HMRC is
If, like most people, you haven’t yet submitted your annual self-assessment (due by 31 January 2022) then you may want to know that HMRC currently
A new study considers the construction sector conundrum; why are there shortages of workers in a sector that offers so much? This industry engages many
We all know someone who was required by their managers to keep on working whilst furloughed, despite it being against the rules. Many companies did
In this guest blog, Tom Wallace of WTT Consulting discusses a new piece of retrospective tax legislation which has snuck into the Chancellor’s recent budget
An interesting statistic has come to our attention – more than a third of UK workers (35%), are willing to take a pay cut in