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NHS temp recruitment: agencies out, platforms in?
The UK's temporary healthcare workforce must prepare for two developments set to impact locums, contractors, and other flexible staff who engage wi...
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Wolverhampton Council and Adecco seal £75m deal to create hundreds of temp jobs
City of Wolverhampton Council has finalised a £75 million contract with recruitment giant Adecco, opening the door to hundreds of temporary employm...
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UK study to find out why men are dying so young
FREELANCER HEALTH CAMPAIGN The UK government has launched a call for evidence on why men are dying years before women. You might be thinking, "What...
IR35
Freelancer wins case against unlawful deductions made by recruiter
Tribunal ruling could encourage more inside IR35 limited company freelancers to reclaim unlawful Employer's National Insurance Contributions THIS A...
Health & Social Care
Can Fixed-Term Contractors Balance Caring and Careers?
A recent report by recruitment tech firm ETZ, "Carer's Leave OR Carers Leaving? Preventing the loss of workers from the job market," has ignited di...
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NHS Contractors Striking at Prospect Park Hospital: What You Need to Know
Contractors, including cleaners, caterers, and security guards, are currently striking outside mental health facility Prospect Park Hospital in Rea...
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Could freelancers make children's homes happier places?
OPINION The news is bleak: children with complex needs in the UK are languishing in care, waiting years for a stable and loving home. This isn't ju...
IR35
Latest NHS staffing shortages sure sign that IR35 has to be scrapped for the greater good
Freelancers have found it increasingly difficult to access roles within the NHS at a time when they are desperately needed The Association of Indep...
IR35
Conservatives' new anti-social behaviour fines are better money grabs than IR35 and the loan charge
OPINION Fines for anti-social behaviour are going up following Rishi Sunak's new crackdown. Money grabs like these arguably make more sense than ot...
Freelancer Finance
Former pensions MP says government wants to sweep away Pension credit protection even though it was never part of triple lock in the first place
On 13 October 2021, the second reading of the Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill is scheduled to take place in the House of Lords. There ...
Tax
Self-employed to be in higher demand thanks to health and social care levy says think tank. but at what price?
The NHS will be exempt from the new health and social care levy, government plans reveal, yet in a bizarre twist, care providers and their workers ...
Tax
Social care tax hikes: Who will take care of our elderly if careworkers jump ship to work for Amazon?
Care workers are quitting to become Amazon warehouse pickers and for other better-paid jobs in a growing staffing crisis which operators now warn c...