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[hobnob]

I'm inside at the moment. The umbrella company (DASA) have never asked about my hours, but the agency (Hays) have an extra row for that in the timesheet. I think that's mainly been to cover them under the working time regulations (i.e. making sure that I don't exceed 48 hours/week unless I've opted...

[hobnob]

Thinking about the "3 pillars" of IR35 (MoO, RoS, D&C), I don't think that "no prospect of renewal" is relevant to any of them. Are they basically saying "You won't be around for long, so we'll risk it?"



As NLUK said, this seems weird. If...

[hobnob]

If I saw a contract with that clause, I wouldn't sign it.

In a wider sense, "signing" and "not signing" are both legitimate options. However, "signing under protest" seems a bit pointless. It wouldn't surprise me if they sent the contract back and said "we...

[hobnob]

It's "Outside IR35 Roles", and I think you're right about the scraping. E.g. this role says:
Salary: £65,000 – £80,000 Base Salary plus bonus and benefits
Workday Senior HRIS Specialist - Outside IR35 Roles Limited

That doesn't sound like an outside contract to me...

[hobnob]

That's why I'm dubious about the logic of "tailor your CV for each application". Suppose that I see an advert for a Cisco role, so I add extra detail to my CV about my Cisco experience and chop out all the bits about other switches/firewalls to make space (keeping to a 2 page limit). If the...

[hobnob]

For anyone who looked at that URL and thought "nope!", it's an article which refers to "a recent IPSE survey". So, probably better to go directly to the source:
One in 10 contractors out of work due to controversial tax changes | IPSE

Key points:...

[hobnob]

I think it depends on how company A operates. E.g. are they another agency or a consultancy?

This thread might help:
When do end-clients have to and not have to determine IR35 status? - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

[hobnob]

Your best chance would be something like this:
You got the contract role - can you start in 4 months? - Contractor UK Bulletin Board

Aside from that, it's worth checking your employment contract. Are you allowed to do a second job? Do you need to notify them? E.g. you might need to...

[hobnob]

I found that it was easy to connect 2 computers to 1 monitor, or 2 monitors to 1 computer, but 2 computers to 2 monitors was a challenge!

What type of monitors do you have? DisplayPort 1.2 onwards includes MST (Multi-Stream Transport), i.e. you can have multiple monitors plugged into a...

[hobnob]

One other thing you can put on the SATR is any Gift Aid donations that you've made. You'll only be charged the basic rate of tax on them, i.e. 20% rather than a higher bracket. So, if you're in the 40% or 45% tax bracket, that will reduce your tax bill a bit.

[hobnob]

It's an interesting question. Looking at the list of valid reasons for an employer to say no, I think the most relevant items are the ones I've put in bold:

• extra costs that will damage the business
• the work cannot be reorganised among other staff
• people cannot be recruited to do the work
• flexible

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