Employment Status Tool

HMRC’s employment status service can be used to help ascertain if a worker should be classified as employed or self-employed for tax purposes in both the private and public sector. The service has recently been updated to reflect off-payroll working changes that...

Encourage staff to get the COVID-19 vaccine

The government is calling on all employers to make a commitment to help employees get the COVID-19 vaccine, including during working hours, to drive vaccine uptake across the UK. To support this, the government has produced a toolkit so that employers can run their...

End to COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks

The government has confirmed, in its updated guidance on carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus pandemic, that the temporary COVID-19 adjusted right to work check process will come to an end on 16 May 2021. This temporary process, in place since 30...

Outcome of the Uber case

The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark judgement in the Uber case. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the decisions of earlier courts and has found that Uber drivers are ‘workers’ and not self-employed as Uber has tried to argue.  The decision...