Osborne Clarke Workforce Solutions

The jury is still out as to whether the Spring Budget will include an announcement on what the government will do next to crack down on unlicensed or non-compliant umbrella companies. But according to Osborne Clarke Workforce Solutions,…

Some legal experts are not convinced that IR35 reforms set to be repealed in April 2023 will be set in stone or even come to fruition. And if they do? According to these same experts, there will be new risks and HMRC enforcement powers…

Osborne Clarke's Workforce Solutions Team sheds some light on the repeal of IR35/Off-Payroll reforms and addresses the most pressing questions contractors have right now. Plus a tip from WTT Consulting on how long you may have to wait…

Care is needed when advertising flexible working patterns in job roles Many of us have heard of catfishing whereby someone deceptively creates a false identity to lure people on a social networking service, usually targeting a specific…

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.…

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTOR SPECIAL REPORT Contractors dreaming to land freelance or fixed-term contracts in Spain might have to re-think their plans. Labour reforms are set to stifle temporary and fixed-term contracts, which is also bad…

Important changes to the new IR35 regime were announced in the Budget (3 March 2021), according to an Insights report from the Osborne Clarke Workforce Solutions team. The team reported that in addition to the Budget announcements,…