Been on a contract for a couple of months now and they've just brought in a new HR person who's sent me an e-mail asking to fill out a VDU assessment and supply my passport to confirm my right to work and utility bill to confirm address.
While I can understand the need to fill out the DSE online assessment, I'm concerned these are points that may work against a contractor in terms of IR35.
The DSE online assessment is titled 'DSE Online assessment - Employee guide' (!) & states that "...requires the employer to follow general health & safety practice & make a risk assessment insofar as DSE work is concerned..."
Also, I provided passport details to the agency along with confirmation of address and my service is being supplied to the company via the agency so I don't see why I should supply this information to HR as it should not be relevant to them.
Should I be concerned about filling in a form such as DSE and is it compulsory to do so ?
Am I correct in stating that I should not need to provide passport & utility bill to HR and by doing so is not good for IR35 purposes ?
While I can understand the need to fill out the DSE online assessment, I'm concerned these are points that may work against a contractor in terms of IR35.
The DSE online assessment is titled 'DSE Online assessment - Employee guide' (!) & states that "...requires the employer to follow general health & safety practice & make a risk assessment insofar as DSE work is concerned..."
Also, I provided passport details to the agency along with confirmation of address and my service is being supplied to the company via the agency so I don't see why I should supply this information to HR as it should not be relevant to them.
Should I be concerned about filling in a form such as DSE and is it compulsory to do so ?
Am I correct in stating that I should not need to provide passport & utility bill to HR and by doing so is not good for IR35 purposes ?
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