A European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling has provided useful clarification that EU legislation protecting fixed-term workers does not apply to temporary workers supplied by an employment agency to an end-user organisation. The case (Della Rocca v Poste Italiane SpA, C-290/2012), which originally came before the Naples District Court, concerned a worker supplied on a […]
A new service aims to save recruiters, employers and candidates time and money when a criminal record check is necessary for particular roles. The checks required for candidates and volunteers who want to work with children or vulnerable adults, (or become driving instructors), are now being carried out by the new Disclosure and Barring Service […]
Recent APSCO criticism of the Lawspeed article “Umbrellas gearing up to compete?” published on 13th May, was surprising, says Lawspeed. In its article “APSCO supports umbrella company members” on 23rd May APSCO has said that its umbrella company members all deny any intent to compete and suggested that the Lawspeed article was both without foundation […]
Late payment is an issue which many SME businesses are horribly familiar with and new legislation has recently come into force to help deal with it. The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013 came into force on 16th March 2013, bringing the UK in line with European Union legislation. The regulations affect transactions between […]
Responding to the article issued by APSCO entitled APSCO Supports Umbrella Company Members published on 22nd May, Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), said “Lawspeed, as part of its normal day to day business, gave legitimate advice on a live issue of concern for both agencies and umbrella companies. ARC now […]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is turning up the heat on its Managed Service Company (MSC) investigations, and in articles on Friday 17 and Monday 20 May, Recruiter online reported that HMRC has already achieved results in recovering monies by using the debt transfer provisions in the MSC tax legislation. Friday’s article referred to a […]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has asked Lawspeed to let our clients and readers know that help is available for payroll departments who may be struggling with the new Real Time Information system. Since 6 April, employers have had to use a new way of reporting PAYE called Real Time Information (RTI) where they report […]
Fees are expected to be introduced for anyone making a claim or an appeal in Employment Tribunals in new rules expected to come into force in July 2013. The aim is to transfer some of the £84m cost of running the Employment Tribunals from the taxpayer to those who use the system. It is also […]
HMRC won another important legal case last month when Tax QC Rex Bretten, who designed his own tax avoidance scheme, failed in his bid to avoid paying £190,000 in tax. The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, said: “This is simply unacceptable and this case serves to highlight the work HMRC is doing to […]
It has long been a dormant concern of agencies that umbrella companies, those providers that offer ‘tax efficient’ and employment services to contractors, may one day start competing for the very services that agencies offer to their clients. After all, agencies provide them with details of candidates and clients such that the providers are able […]
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