I am from Belgium, but am working through a UK agency for a Belgian client.
The agency asked me to sign an opt-out notification, which states that the "Conduct Regulations 2003 shall not apply".
I had no idea what this meant.
The agent told me that this just means that they can not ensure certain working conditions for me as if they would need to do for normal employees, such as an ergonomical work environment, guarantees for not too many working hours on one day, etc.
I didn't think much of it at the time, so I signed it.
When I try the search function on this forum however, it seems that this is actually more of a tax thing, I keep reading about some IR35, which I know nothing about at all.
My invoices are without VAT, because I'm invoicing from another country to the UK.
Does this thing even apply to me at all?
I am not a UK citizen, I have a limited company in Belgium, not in the UK. Could I have any consequences from signing this?
The agency asked me to sign an opt-out notification, which states that the "Conduct Regulations 2003 shall not apply".
I had no idea what this meant.
The agent told me that this just means that they can not ensure certain working conditions for me as if they would need to do for normal employees, such as an ergonomical work environment, guarantees for not too many working hours on one day, etc.
I didn't think much of it at the time, so I signed it.
When I try the search function on this forum however, it seems that this is actually more of a tax thing, I keep reading about some IR35, which I know nothing about at all.
My invoices are without VAT, because I'm invoicing from another country to the UK.
Does this thing even apply to me at all?
I am not a UK citizen, I have a limited company in Belgium, not in the UK. Could I have any consequences from signing this?
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