We have cautioned earlier in this series about allowing your PSC contractors to become integrated into your business so far as their outward projection to clients is concerned – describing them as part of “our team”, giving them business cards, company phones or invitations to the client party, and so on. Integration is something you … Continue Reading
It is only a slight over-simplification to say that one key difference between an employee and a contractor is that an employee gets paid by time and a contractor by output. There are obvious exceptions, such as piece-rate or commission-based employees on the one hand, and contractors who sell their services by volume rather than … Continue Reading
Perhaps recognising a shift in the working world to more flexible models and away from the traditional model of master and servant and then employer and employee, the Tribunals have become increasingly willing not to infer employment contracts on top of notionally arm’s-length contractor arrangements. Good news for users of agency and consultancy personnel. Two … Continue Reading