Over half the current workforce in the Construction Industry are self-employed although legally, up to 300,000 should be classified as employees, according to HM Revenue and Customs. They get no holiday pay, sick or redundancy pay, won`t get job seekers` allowance if laid off or even a full state pension, and their bosses escape paying their National insurance.
The Treasury blames “specialist advisory firms who provide contracts which, they claim, contain all that is needed to be classed as self-employed………in many cases, these contract terms bear little resemblance to the actual conduct of the work”
We advise workers to check their current status and ensure that it is correct for your current situation.