A long-promised government consultation on employment status could protect vulnerable workers without undermining genuine contractors. But officials leave inside IR35 contractors outside, warns former Treasury employment status adviser Rebecca Seeley Harris, meaning those taxed as employees with zero rights have until January 8th to speak up.

Contents

• Does the employment status consultation affect IR35?
• What does the consultation say about the UK’s self-employed?
• Personal Service and Substitution
• The case for a sector-based approach (will be hard to turn down)
• Is substitution still a legitimate feature of genuine self-employment?
• What would a written statement for the self-employed include?
• Could blacklisting and health and safety protections cover the self-employed?
• What is a presumption of worker status?
• Stronger enforcement through the Fair Work Agency
• What penalties could employers face for repeatedly misclassifying workers?
• Targeting systematic employment status misclassification
• Why are inside IR35 contractors left outside the employment status consultation?
• Can the inside IR35 issue still be raised in consultation responses?
• Why are inside IR35 contractors taxed without rights?
• What must the government do about inside IR35 contractors?
• Ensuring contractors have a voice
• An overdue but not-to-be-missed opportunity
• When does the employment status consultation close?

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