Financial relief for self-employed workers

Financial relief for self-employed workers

The Government has been under increasing pressure since announcing its unprecedented Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for employees (see our update here), to make some provision for financial relief for the self-employed. It has now outlined the Coronavirus...
Coronavirus Employment Measures

Coronavirus Employment Measures

There are a number of measures that employers can utilise in order to keep their business going and limit the financial impact during this period: UTILISING HOME WORKING For those employers with the ability to allow staff to work from home this is a measure which can...
Changes to IR35 rules for the private sector delayed

Changes to IR35 rules for the private sector delayed

The government has announced that the proposed reforms to the off-payroll working rules (also known as IR35) which were due to come into force from 6 April 2020 will be postponed until April 2021. The changes would have meant that the responsibility for determining...