Hi ya,

Has anyone ever know an employee that is also a contractor and that has his own company? What paperwork do i ask for? How does the insurance work? is this normal practice?

I think that this is conflict of interest,any ideas?

thanks in advance

This is a HR issue really.

I presume that this person does work for other parties outside his normal contracted hours?

Most employment contracts would disallow or at least discourage an employee working in competition with their business which may or may not be the case here.

As for insurance - while working for you, your EL/PL insurance would apply, when working for himself it wouldn't and he would require his own PL insurance.

This is just my understanding of the situation you describe. Unusual I would say.

HR deals with PAYE areas but self employed, SC60 & similar areas are not their responsibility etc

Its very easy:

If the person is working for you on a contract basis via their own company he is not your direct employee he is the employee of his company. However if the person [hired into you via his own company] is completely controlled as to what he does for you on a day to day basis by you; you may as well treat him as your employee and supply PPE etc. The less 'control' you have the more the control reverts to his employer [himself!]. You need to look at the wording of the contract to determin the specific situation and what your control elements are