Bit surprised....contractors being told to take time off for 'wellness'

[cojak]

Agreed if the gig is inside IR35 they need to provide the equipment.

I would have simply said I don't have a laptop/PC suitable for doing their kind of work on.

+1

If I was IR35 they can bloody well stump up the laptop (and I'd push for a work phone as well...)

[TheDude]

Or go skiing.

Skiing holidays were one of the first victims of IR35.

I feel for those who had to tell their spouse they will no longer be paid £12.5k a year to do F-all and then deal the double blow that Val-d'Isere is off as well...

[northernladuk]

Skiing holidays were one of the first victims of IR35.

I feel for those who had to tell their spouse they will no longer be paid £12.5k a year to do F-all and then deal the double blow that Val-d'Isere is off as well...

I'd cut down on the daytime drinking if I were you.

[cojak]

Skiing holidays were one of the first victims of IR35.

I feel for those who had to tell their spouse they will no longer be paid £12.5k a year to do F-all and then deal the double blow that Val-d'Isere is off as well...

Sorrywhatpardon?

[Lance]

Sorrywhatpardon?

I think he means he cannot afford to go skiing since IR35 made him pay tax on his meagre earnings.

[TheDude]

I think he means he cannot afford to go skiing since IR35 made him pay tax on his meagre earnings.

Not at all but I have heard the complaint from fellow one man band single client contractors who (in my opinion) took the piss with their tax arrangements.

[b0redom]

+1

If I was IR35 they can bloody well stump up the laptop (and I'd push for a work phone as well...)

"We don't provide equipment for contractors."

[SueEllen]

"We don't provide equipment for contractors."

"That's ok there is another company who wants me. Bye."

[ensignia]

"We don't provide equipment for contractors."

Why are people taking umbrage to having to use their own equipment?

I got sent a laptop for my new gig and I hate it, but am forced to use it because ClientCo (Big 4) stipulate that I have to and there seems to be no way around it unlike other massive corporates I've contracted at.

[northernladuk]

Why are people taking umbrage to having to use their own equipment?

I got sent a laptop for my new gig and I hate it, but am forced to use it because ClientCo (Big 4) stipulate that I have to and there seems to be no way around it unlike other massive corporates I've contracted at.

The context is that it's an inside gig. If they want a disguised perm then they can stump up the hardware.