Amaze Umbrella becomes FCSA Accredited Member

Amaze Umbrella announced as FCSA Accredited Members. They have demonstrated the highest industry compliance standards for the provision of umbrella employment services.
Recent decision on employer’s failure to make reasonable adjustments

Recent case highlights the importance of employers following their own policies when making reasonable adjustments for disabled employees.
Champion Contractors becomes latest FCSA Accredited Member

Jim McMeekin, Director of Champion Contractors says the firm is delighted to have achieved FCSA Accreditation which will demonstrate to their customers a “quality compliant service that is second to none”.
New research highlights confusion amongst self-employed regarding Off-Payroll reforms

One in five UK sole traders are needlessly making plans to address the impact of proposed Off-Payroll reforms despite the legislation not affecting them, new research has revealed. According to a collaborative survey conducted by professional membership body the Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) and cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent, one in five (18%)…
Recent court case confirms employers must have systems to record how many hours a day an employee is working

Written by Brabners LLP The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has recently confirmed that employers need to have systems in place that record the hours worked by an employee each day so they can monitor compliance within a week. In the case of Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v…
FCSA welcomes Sapphire Accounting on board as latest Accredited Member

Sapphire Accounting become the latest firm to achieve FCSA Accreditation for their umbrella employer, contractor accountancy and CIS/self-employed payroll services.
Why HMRC lost yet another IR35 appeal to a presenter

Written by FCSA Business Partner, Larsen Howie In Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’, Lady Bracknell famously says, “To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness”. The same can be said of HMRC’s recent successive defeats at the First-Tier Tribunal at the hands of, first, Lorraine…
Case confirms candidates must be equally qualified before employers positively discriminate when recruiting

Brabners LLP looks at a case that reminds employers to ensure that candidates are equally qualified before positively discriminating in recruitment process.
Orbital is the latest firm to achieve prestigious FCSA Accredited Membership status

Orbital achieves FCSA Accreditation for the provision of umbrella employment, accountancy and CIS/self-employed payroll services.
Pendragon Consultancy passes FCSA accreditation with flying colours in just 15 weeks

Pendragon Consultancy passes FCSA Accreditation for its umbrella employment services in just 15 weeks.