In recent years work status compliance issues have rarely far from a Chancellor’s statement and this year's Autumn initiative was no exception. Dave Chaplin, CEO of IR35 Shield gave his assessment of the ideas and initiatives introduced: "Jeremy Hunt today claims he focused on growth. If he is so focused on growing the economy, he should have unshackled the UK's flexible self-employed workforce by repealing the unworkable and deeply flawed Off-payroll legislation,” said Chaplin. "The Tories failed the self-employed by allowing HMRC to push the damaging off-payroll reforms through Parliament, which harmed the people who facilitated growth and gave the UK an edge.
National Insurance Contributions are set to be cut from 12% to 10% from 6 January 2024, according to the UK s Autumn Statement 2023 published yesterday.
Irregular-hour workers in the UK will be entitled to receive holiday pay ‘rolled-up’ as part of their pay, in a move aimed at ensuring short-term staff receive their holiday pay.