Facebook has demonstrated a new smart search engine (Graph Search) which may eventually challenge LinkedIn as the dominant network used by recruiters and job hunters to establish professional connections. The social media site has long been criticised for failing to live up to its Mission Statement to “make the world more open and connected” due […]
The government has today announced a consultation into the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, otherwise known as the ‘Conduct Regulations’ or ‘Agency Regulations’. The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has always lobbied government on behalf of the recruitment industry and has responded quickly to the announcement. The principle aspects under consideration […]
Fathers are expressing a wish to spend more time with their children but many are concerned that society attaches a stigma to dads who work part-time or even take the minimum parental leave. In November Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced a new system of flexible parental leave which will come into effect in 2015. […]
A new law which extends the rights of working fathers could have the additional benefit of reducing discrimination against women in the workplace. Adrian Marlowe, MD at Lawspeed, sees the forthcoming system of flexible parental leave as a step towards true gender equality in the recruitment process. Marlowe said: “Whilst it is against the law […]
The government has confirmed that its use of the Managed Service Companies (MSC) legislation to recover tax and National Insurance has escalated significantly in the past year. Recruitment law specialists Lawspeed submitted two Freedom of Information requests to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and discovered that the number of enquiries alive at April 2012 was […]
2012 was a challenge for everyone so after weathering the storms and surviving the excesses of the festive period now is probably a good time for recruitment agencies to check up on their wellbeing. It’s time to book a SPA. A Lawspeed SPA may not offer you full use of an indoor pool, a complimentary […]
The government has announced its annual increases in the maximum compensation awards that can be awarded by an employment tribunal in unfair dismissal cases. The maximum compensation award in unfair dismissal claims has increased from £72,300 to £74,200. For redundancy payments and calculating the basic award in an unfair dismissal claim, the cap on a […]
On 12th December the contractor website Shout99 published an initial roundup or reactions (from Minor to Major to the proposed new changes to the IR35 rules). Comments varied with some commentators suggesting that the changes are in essence only minor. Our view is that the changes will have serious consequences – see our previous article […]
On 11th December the government published new rules applicable to IR35, set to take effect in April 2013. It has also published the planned General Anti Avoidance Rules, an overarching set of rules applicable to tax avoidance. “The planned change to the IR35 rules threatens contracting in a number of different ways, and adds to […]
True to its promise in the Chancellors Autumn statement the government has drafted legislation to tighten IR35 tax laws following the recent “controlling persons” consultation. Under the intermediaries rules known as IR35, applicable since April 2000, a contractor intermediary is obliged to treat the majority of income from its contracts as employment income of its […]
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