NHS boss: Tax bills could mean ‘loss of 60 doctors’
Source: BBC A major NHS trust could lose the equivalent of 60 consultants because of doctors’ refusal to work overtime, its chief executive fears. Dr David Rosser, of University Hospitals […]
Flexible working – an employee power shift [REPORT]
Source: International Workspace Group The latest IWG Global Workspace Survey highlights a marked power shift towards the employee when it comes to dictating what an average working day looks like. The […]
Gigging can be a rough ride for some
Author: Julia Kermode, FCSA Will Shu, the chief executive and co-founder of Deliveroo has recently said that he thinks everyone, regardless of their type of work contract, should be entitled […]
CEST exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable as ContractorCalculator re-tests evidence
Source: ContractorCalculator HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool has been exposed as biased and hopelessly unreliable, after a comprehensive re-testing of HMRC’s CEST test data obtained under FOI […]
The IIM Interim Management Survey has been released for 2018
Source: Institute of Interim Management The Institute of Interim Management has released its annual survey for 2018. Some of the key findings were: Interim managers are mostly in their 40’s, […]
Businesses to face cost hikes and skills shortages if new Off-Payroll tax hits the private sector
Source: ContractorCalculator Increasing costs, shrinking talent pools, reduced flexibility and legal challenges to status assessments are among the hurdles that firms are expected to have to navigate if the Off-Payroll […]
Middle-aged entrepreneurs are more successful than young ones. Here’s why
Source: World Economic Forum Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg are three of the biggest role models for entrepreneurs. They are all famous for starting their companies in their […]
Self-employed best-placed to avoid World Cup slump
Source: FreeAgent Self-employed workers are less likely to experience a productivity slump arising from this year’s World Cup than their employed counterparts, according to one of the UK’s leading micro-business […]
Debunked: 5 myths about the future of work
Source: World Economic Forum As automation and non-employee labour (such as contingent talent or shared talent) become more common in the workplace, assumptions about the future of work are giving […]
UK micro-businesses fear economic slump from Brexit
Source: FreeAgent The majority of freelancers and micro-businesses in the UK think that Brexit would be damaging for economy and would favour holding a second referendum, new research has revealed. […]