The UK is one of the 199 countries being severely affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which started with just a single person living in the city of Wuhan, China. Since then over a million people all around the world have been affected b...
The job scenario has been rapidly changing and IT is one industry that has seen an enormous shift from permanent jobs to contract based jobs. The stereotype behind contact workers until now was that they weren’t talented enough to get themselves a ...
Career boredom is one of the very common issues prevalent in today’s workforce. But again constantly switching over jobs can backfire one’s career if s/he is a regular employee within an organisation who is liable to tax deduction as well as gett...
According to a report by Stastisa published back in December 2019, the number of zero-hour contract workers in the UK rose up from 225 thousand people in 2000 to around 896 thousand people in 2019. The stats clearly show how the job scenario in the U...
Agency Workers Regulations came into force on 1st October 2011, providing agency workers with the same basic working conditions as that of an employee in a workplace, provided they have completed an official period of 12 weeks in the job. However, th...
The Cycle to Work scheme was initiated by the UK Government to promote healthier journeys to work, to make healthier lifestyle choices and reduce environmental pollution. It’s already been 21 years since the cycle to work scheme was introduced - an...
In January 2009, it was ruled by the European Court of Justice that workers are entitled to accrue statutory minimum holiday entitlement while on sick leave or can carry it forward to another year. If an employee takes a holiday leave as sick leave, ...
If you are a health professional -a Nurse- who is staffed by a recruitment agency then you must be aware of the nursing agency VAT Concession. HMRC has confirmed that the nursing agency VAT exemption does not apply to Umbrella Companies. This is ...
Legislation will be introduced on 6th April 2020 to extend the application of the off-payroll rules that apply where the end client is a public sector body to engagements and is a medium or large public sector end client. Off-payroll working for inte...
The new regulation- 13A of the Conduct Recruitment Agencies will take effect from 6th April 2020. From April 2020, all agency workers will issue Key Information Document before agreeing their terms with employment businesses. So the first thing the a...
Reliasys is a fast growing umbrella company serving contractors mainly in the IT, Medical and Healthcare profession. The solution has been designed keeping in mind the needs of the modern contractor. It is the most hassle free solution for contractors starting out on their contracting journey or want a simple way to get paid.