FCSA restructures membership status
Julia Kermode outlines the rationale behind changes to our membership structure.
Compensatory rest break for workers – EAT confirms it must be an uninterrupted 20 minutes
A look at a recent case where the EAT considered whether the compensatory 20-minute rest break has to be taken in one uninterrupted period, or whether it could be taken as a series of short breaks.
Are you making the most of tax reliefs and allowances?
Written by FCSA Business Partner, Octopus Investments A decade on from the Global Financial Crisis and the cupboards remain pretty bare for HM Treasury. Philip Hammond did use his Autumn Budget to ease back on the government’s unpopular programme of austerity measures. But the books need to balance, so it was no surprise to see…
Dismissal unfair where employee could not provide right to work documents
EAT find the dismissal of an employee was unfair as employee was not subject to immigration control but with no documentation evidencing his Right to work in UK.
Supplementing your income with a VCT investment
Written by FCSA Business Partner, Octopus Investments Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) invest in the UK’s smaller companies and they can provide contractors with an easy way to access the growth potential of these businesses. Many companies that started off with funding from VCTs have grown to become household names. Some have achieved a listing on…
Holiday Pay Update
ECJ’s findings support holiday accrual rolling over indefinitely and being paid for on termination where a worker has been deterred from taking their paid holiday.
We Contract becomes latest FCSA Accredited Member
We Contract founder Richard Baxendale shares his delight on becoming a member and what it means for his company
Our take on the Autumn Budget
Julia Kermode reflects on what the Chancellor did and didn’t say in the Autumn Budget.
Uber – the appeal verdict is in, and it’s not good news for Uber!
Brabners LLP take a look at Ubers lost appeal to have the tribunal decision which classified two Uber drivers as workers overturned.
Inflation is eating contractors’ cash – but why?
Written by FCSA Business Partner, Octopus Investments On 2 November, the Bank of England announced its first interest rate rise in over a decade. At the press conference afterward, one journalist asked Governor Mark Carney the killer question: “Should banks, building societies, and others be passing this on in full to savers?” “We do expect…