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REC and IES highlight employers’ needs to recruit and retain the right people

Employers suggest that any changes to public sector employment services should prioritise reform of financial support for new recruits.

16 May 2024

HMRC adds three firms to tax avoidance shame list

HM Revenue & Customs has added today three companies to the existing list of tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers aiming to ply contract and self-employed workers with their products.

16 May 2024

Critical staffing suppliers to Australia warned to prepare for SOCI

Firms supplying critical infrastructure solutions across Australia need to begin preparations as the compliance date for the amended Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI) nears.

16 May 2024

Recruitment industry can be part of welfare reform discussion

The Department of Work and Pensions has this week unveiled a consultation on proposals to move away from fixed cash benefit system towards tailored support.

30 April 2024

Government update on bad umbrellas “underwhelming”

Industry commentators have dismissed yesterday’s promise to introduce a statutory due diligence requirement later this year as “a big fat nothing burger”.

19 April 2024

LEGISLATION: Employment changes bring new rights from day one

Along with April showers, this month brings the UK a number of employment law and payment rate changes.

5 April 2024

Game-changing moment as HMRC eases up on double taxation

Experts say that changes for the IR35 legislation represent “a game-changing moment” in the history of the controversial legislation as a new policy aims to prevent double taxation.

4 April 2024

Recommendations for better integration to support refugees into work

The current integration of refugees system is “broken, expensive, inefficient and damaging” for both refugees and the UK, according to the chair of the Commission on the Integration of Refugees.

26 March 2024

IPS faces £900k penalty for failing to co-operate with HMRC

A tax avoidance promoter whose schemes were used by locum doctors and nurses faces a £900k penalty for failing to co-operate with HM Revenue & Customs, the tax authority announced today [22 March 2024].

Public sector, Healthcare/Medical 22 March 2024

Mini-budget: Simplifying IR35 was ‘bombshell’ change for recruitment industry

The simplification of the IR35 Off-Payroll Working Rules certainly proved to be the bombshell item for much of the recruitment sector in today’s ‘mini budget’.

23 September 2022

New PM must lead on bold policy intervention in first 30 days

The new prime minister should consider “bold policy intervention” in their first 30 days in office to thwart the predicted labour market forecast, the Work Foundation think tank has urged.

18 August 2022

More suicides will be a consequence of Loan Charge, chancellor is warned

A ninth person facing action from HM Revenue & Customs over disguised remuneration schemes has committed suicide.

1 August 2022

Big business still ‘hiding employees’ from tax rules says law firm

HMRC suspects large businesses of underpaying £1.4bn in employment taxes as it cracks down on “hidden employees” or self-employed workers that HMRC believes are really employees for tax purposes, according to multinational law firm Pinsent Masons.

1 August 2022

Government ignores ‘too difficult to deal with’ employment status consultation

“Disappointing” has been the withering reaction to the government’s status quo response this week to a consultation launched in 2018 about how employment status reform could work.

27 July 2022

JobsAware pilot works with umbrella firms to help contractors report abuses

JobsAware has formally agreed a joint working pilot with two companies within the umbrella sector that will enable contractors to report abuses they suffer within the labour market.

27 July 2022

£3.3bn of unspent Apprenticeship Levy funds returned to Treasury

More than £3.3bn has returned to the Treasury in the last three years under the government’s use-it-or-lose-it Apprenticeship Levy rules, according to data collected by the London Progression Collaboration (LPC).

Apprentices/Grads/School leavers 27 July 2022

Parliament approves draft legislation to supply agency workers during strikes

Members of Parliament voted 284 to 202 yesterday [11 July 2022] after a fierce debate to approve draft legislation allowing recruitment agencies to supply workers during strikes.

12 July 2022

Shortage occupation list needs radical rethink says immigration expert

New figures showing record vacancies prove the need for a radical rethink of the shortage occupation list, says a UK immigration expert.

Transport & logistics, Agriculture 24 June 2022

Government moves to repeal ban on agency staff for striking workers

The government has today [23 June 2022] formally announced legislation that will repeal the ban on agency staff covering for striking workers.

Transport & logistics, HR 23 June 2022

MP Warman leads yet another review into future of work

The Prime Minister has asked Matt Warman MP to lead a review into “how the government can best support a thriving future UK labour market”, the government has announced.

19 May 2022

Industry rounds on government for no Employment Bill

Voices across the recruitment, employment, umbrella and compliance landscape have almost unanimously rounded on the government for failing to deliver an Employment Bill within the Queen’s Speech yesterday [10 May 2022].

11 May 2022

REC and TUC urge government to include Employment Bill in Queen’s Speech

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and TUC have written a joint letter to the labour market minister, urging the government to include the Employment Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

10 May 2022

More arrests surrounding recruitment agency in alleged modern slavery offences

There have been further arrests following the owners of a recruitment agency being taken into custody in December last year.

Social care, Healthcare/Medical 10 May 2022

REC letter to health minister calls for equal treatment for NHS agency workers

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is calling for equal treatment of NHS agency workers with NHS staff.

Public sector, Social care 28 April 2022

Freelance workers see no advantage in using umbrella companies

A report from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) reveals interesting findings from freelancers.

25 April 2022