Fujitsu announced 1800 job losses

[northernladuk]

No you are not. It's certainly a chunck of the market but it's not all of it.

[Lance]

So SC is ok if like working 5 days a week in the far corners of tuliphole UK....

Not always true. Some sites require onsite (without phone, laptop etc) and others completely WFH (and for contractors). Clearly cannot name but v. large consultancy for v. large defence.

[DaveB]

Am I right in thinking that SC will only really apply to public sector jobs? The same jobs which will be affected by the new IR35 rules supposedly under consultation? If so, then SC isn't going to be very lucrative for much longer.

No. Any organisation, public or private, that handles classified information on behalf of government may be required to ensure that all it's staff / contractors are subject to appropriate security clearance.

This happens primarily in the defense sector, but in lots of other areas as well.

[Eirikur]

Not surprised after their total F@~k up with the Post office projects

[boxingbantz]

Worked at FJ for five years and, judging the people who work there, no one should have any worries about them stealing contractor gigs from us all.

[boxingbantz]

You can work in the public sector, but not through an agency with the client. - This is what is happening now.

Considering nearly all PS contracting gigs are done through an agency I fail to see how you can work for them without one...

[SueEllen]

Considering nearly all PS contracting gigs are done through an agency I fail to see how you can work for them without one...

Nearly all is not equal to all.

[eek]

Nearly all is not equal to all.

True but I think you will need to be doing something very special and unique not to be caught by the new PSC IR35 rules.

I'm actually impressed at how thought through they are and how they've actually managed to get all the bits to point in the same direction.

[MrMarkyMark]

True but I think you will need to be doing something very special and unique not to be caught by the new PSC IR35 rules.

I'm actually impressed at how thought through they are and how they've actually managed to get all the bits to point in the same direction.

For sure, I'm not sure they are going to like the impact though

[eek]

For sure, I'm not sure they are going to like the impact though

True, the consequences (from a distance) are going to be highly entertaining to watch - what surprises me is how well they have tied down the escape clauses (the CL1 guidance is explicitly clear, agents have been removed from the other routes in).