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#1 Posted : 10 July 2007 18:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Rachel West Hi, I asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago and didn't get many responses unfortunately. Does anyone have any experience in dealing with contractors who are transferring from composite limited companies to become PAYE employees of Managed Service Companies as a result of the IR35 changes in the April budget? We have several contractors who have been operating as individual limited companies with less than 5 employees. They've not needed to provide written evidence of risk assessments to us due to the size of their companies. These contractors are now opting to become direct employees of payment houses for tax reasons. Each payment house employs many individuals and therefore has a requirement under MHSAWR to have written records of their risk assessments, which I need to verify for my company. Each of the payment houses is highly disinterested in their legal responsibilities. Does anyone have any experience of handling this type of situation? Many thanks Rachel.
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#2 Posted : 11 July 2007 07:36:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bob Youel There will be a senior person somewhere - you need to get to them and the board Its the usual thing i.e. it will take time, patience, a bull whip & a carrot I would advise all to take no notice of the 5 person rule as if you end up in court you need all the evidence that you can muster to defend a claim In our case all businesses irrespective of how many they employ must provide what we ask for otherwise they do not get any work Its interesting that small companies [under 5 employees] claim that they have no £, time, experience etc re H&Safety but they have plenty of time, £, etc to buy 4 wheel drives and to adhere to other types of law etc as it suits them
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