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How to get your agency to negotiate higher rates on your behalf
Q: I've seen a freelance/contractor role that I really want to go for but know that I must raise my rate to be in line with inflation. What guidance or tips do you have as a recruiter on how to pitch a higher rate for a role? What have…
How to win awards and boost your earning power
Winners, nominees and hundreds more freelancers from the YunoJuno community gathered for the UK’s largest freelancer event, back in-person after a two-year hiatus.
Katherine Steiner-Dicks speaks with Shib Mathew, YunoJuno Founder and…
Call for agency staff to break strikes – will contractors and recruiters take the risk?
It is unclear how serious the government is in its proposals to change the law around strikes and agency workers – or how interested major staffing companies would be in getting involved in what would be highly controversial supplies.…
Pension Woes: what umbrella company contractors must look out for
By Tony Clark, Senior Proposition Manager, St James’s Place (www.sjp.co.uk)
What's covered in this article:
What can freelancers do to avoid having many small pension pots?What are the different types of SIPPs or pension funds that a…
Google contractors battle injustices
Strike threats over return-to office orders and cases of recruiters reportedly skimming a percentage of contractor salaries are just some of the developments being addressed by the Alphabet Workers Union.
Google Maps contract workers in…
Contractors blindsided by MSC tax charges
HMRC has issued letters to thousands of contractors, demanding up to £50,000 from them. The tax office is arguing that contractors have breached the MSC legislation – this is despite HMRC not having established all of the facts, says Seb…
US tightens H-1B visas to crack down on foreign outsourcing companies. Could the UK do the same?
The US is cracking down on outsourcing highly skilled jobs to foreign workers. Could the UK be next? Or is that just wishful thinking for the thousands of UK freelancers and contractors that have witnessed the UK Brain Drain first-hand…
Dyson to recruit 2000 engineers and digital experts despite “forced” labour legal claims
Dyson, the global home electronics designer and manufacturer, could struggle to hire up to 2000 new recruits following claims of labour abuse in its manufacturing supply chain.
Following a Channel 4 news report (see video report and…
“SJD had copies of my passport, my bank transfers, and other hugely sensitive information.”
Dustin Gorski, 35, a freelance software engineer living in London, trading as Dusted Codes reveals what it was like to be affected by the Optionis ransomware attack and what he's done to rectify his situation.
Gorski, is a freelance…
Are you better off as a contractor or consultant in 2022?
Inside IR35 jobs have made skilled contractors question if they can even afford this method of employment. What’s the point if you are no longer self-employed? Are forced to become an umbrella employee, which, for some, has meant late…