Originally posted by Paralytic
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There are, however, contractors that have claimed they've been on site so long they are effective employees and gained employment rights which is a proper disgrace and hasn't helped this situation. Cable and Wireless vs Muscat was one of them. That might not be the best reference as there was a point about him being employed previously so old contracts and that but I'm sure there has been another case where a contractor decided he wanted the employment rights so argued he was an employee. HP seems to ring a bell but I can't find it. Was a long time ago. Kinda shoots his own IR35 status in the foot so should pay all the taxes back but dunno what happened.
So maybe companies are aware of this and just use the two years as a dead stop so not to get in to long contract situations which are risky.
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