CIPP webcast on off-payroll working (IR35) in the private sector 29 May 2018
Listen to a short webcast to find out what options are being considered in the consultation on how to tackle non- compliance with the off-payroll working rules in the private sector.
In the Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced it would consult on how to tackle non-compliance with the off- payroll working rules in the private sector and that consultation has now been published.
HMRC estimates that currently only around 10% of people who should comply with the off-payroll working rules do so. The cost of non-compliance in the private sector is growing and is estimated that it will reach £1.2 billion a year by 2022/23. The consultation provides an early evaluation of the public sector reform which external research on initial implementation shows that the reform has had relatively little impact on projects or vacancy filling in the public sector. Within the consultation it provides options for changes to the off-payroll working rules for engagements in the private sector.
Listen to our short webcast to find out what the consultation is all about. The Policy team will also be publishing a survey in due course to gather your views and experience to help inform our response.
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64% in favour of right to request flexible working from day 1 20 June 2018
The Prime Minister, the Women and Equalities Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee have all recommended in one form or another that the right to request flexible working should exist from the first day of employment.
Many other organisations have also made this call, including Carers UK, Age UK and the Young Women’s Trust who all said there should be a statutory right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
The CIPP recently ran a quick poll asking:
Do you support the recommendation that the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 be amended to ensure the right to request flexible working exists from the first day of employment?
Of the 314 responses to our poll:
• 64% said they are in favour of this change; 22% of which said it should happen regardless of industry sector and the other 42% said it should happen but only if the type of industry can accommodate it; • 30% of respondents voted no, the regulations should not be amended; and • the remaining 6% were undecided.
Current regulations give employees the right to request flexible working once every 12 months. The employer is not required to accept, but it must handle the request “in a reasonable manner”. To become eligible for this right, however, the employee must first complete 26 weeks of continuous employment.
The Government had already announced that it intends to review the Flexible Working Regulations in 2019 with a view to making any changes for 2020-21.
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