The issue of “off payroll working in Government departments is a very emotional issue when HMRC are cracking down on correct determination of employment status.
In particular, the government have come under fire for agreeing to use the services of individuals through their own Personal Service Companies, when by any other measure those individuals would have been classified as employees.
The Government are attempting to restrict the number of “off payroll” workers and HMRC have published a consultation document titled “Off-payroll working in the public sector: reform of the intermediaries’ legislation”.
The consultation is open until 18 August 2016.
This consultation is about reforming the intermediaries’ legislation to improve its effectiveness in the public sector. It seeks views on the impacts of this change and design details of the policy, including a new process to help determine whether an intermediary is in scope of the rules.
The consultation asks for opinions on:
the scope of the reform of the intermediaries legislation how the reformed rules will work ways to minimise burdens on engagers who are affected It also includes a summary of responses to the discussion paper published in 2015.