22nd September 2011, 12:44 PM
Martin Locock Wrote:Technically a contract can be drawn up by either party, but like Red Earth I get the impression that standard contracts are being issued and not open to amendment. I hope IfA and HMRC take a keen interest in a contractor who uses a lot of SE staff.
Yep they do.
Also I'm not sure people (maybe me too) understand where the issues surrounding 'can't tell me what to do coz I'm self employed' and 'standard contracts' come from.
From experience I've seen all sub-contracted digging companies (on big construction projects) being told to follow the over-riding rules of the project (under the constraints of CDM regulations)also some projects have set hours on site/ Health and Safety rules always have to be follwed and stick to they all sign contracts. Some were also on daily rates rather than lump sum for the job. Lots of them got told how to do what task they were doing by the engineers and managers of the company that hired them etc. etc......
Its a falicy that a self-employed subby has special powers of freedom.