A good idea to draft and present a CoA to a senior resource at the end-client to try and frontrun the ESS tool? Are they still used as I haven't seen much written about them recently?
The idea would be to get the most senior end-client rep (preferably Director or Head of) who has personal knowledge of your working practices, to sign off on the CoA. When the ESS tool is release it may be completed by HR or Legal in most cases due to the risks involved,and if so, and it works out badly, you can argue that the CoA takes precedence. Why wouldn't it if it was signed by someone closest to the the facts?
Of course you might be met with refusal to sign and a lot depends on the governance in place at the end-client and your relationships with the senior resources there, but I think it is worth a shot. I can't see any downside in asking but wanted to post here in case I am missing something.
Template can be found here: https://www.qdoscontractor.com/ir35/ir35-resources
The idea would be to get the most senior end-client rep (preferably Director or Head of) who has personal knowledge of your working practices, to sign off on the CoA. When the ESS tool is release it may be completed by HR or Legal in most cases due to the risks involved,and if so, and it works out badly, you can argue that the CoA takes precedence. Why wouldn't it if it was signed by someone closest to the the facts?
Of course you might be met with refusal to sign and a lot depends on the governance in place at the end-client and your relationships with the senior resources there, but I think it is worth a shot. I can't see any downside in asking but wanted to post here in case I am missing something.
Template can be found here: https://www.qdoscontractor.com/ir35/ir35-resources
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