Question marks hang over IR35 and employment status
19 April 2018
The impact of the IR35 rules on the public sector has been “very negative”, according to a survey of public and private sector professionals carried out by professional recruitment company Harvey Nash.
The controversial rules – rolled out in the public sector a year ago – mean that public sector end-clients are responsible for determining whether a worker who operates through a personal service company or intermediary is caught by IR35 or is genuinely self-employed. Where the worker is caught by IR35, the rules also make the fee payer, who will often be a...
