IfA Now have a policy on Self Employment

[Wax]

I have followed this with great deal of interest and learnt much. As some one who on occasions undertakes self-employed work I follow the on line Government test. The rules are simple, are the terms and conditions of the contract ( Gentlemen's agreement etc) open to negotiation with the person undertaking the work dictating many of the terms? if there is no option for negotiation I do not regard it as self-employment and walk away. What is clearly the case is that many employers who have to take on casual work forces are cutting their costs by forcing that work force to be self-employed. It is not the self-employed workers who are in the wrong but the companies who are forcing them down that route. This is not done in ignorance by those employers but with a clear understanding that they are avoiding the additional National Insurance contributions they should be making. This is clearly intention to defraud HMRC, there should be no IFA registered organisations doing this.

If there is absolutely no difference between regular work with the employer and self- employment with that employer then it is not self-employment and the employer is commiting fraud.

This is at least how I understand it. The blame is squarely on the shoulders of the employers not the individuals forced into self-employment thought they should be questioning what they are doing and how they are allowing the employer to continue with a criminal system. It is clear from the posts that this is a crime and not just a way to keep archaeologists in a job.

And of course all you self employed archaeologists do have insurance and pay national insurance and Tax don't you?