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All entirely irrelevant, of course, but for anyone struggling to sleep, witness such nuggets as:
All entirely irrelevant, of course, but for anyone struggling to sleep, witness such nuggets as:
Self-employed workers
Self-employment can bring many benefits, freedoms and flexibilities to people - and is a vital and often entrepreneurial sector of our economy. But there is also mounting evidence that workers are being forced into self-employment by unscrupulous employers to avoid costs and their duties to workers. Labour will clamp down on bogus self-employment by:
• Shifting the burden of proof, so that the law assumes a worker is an employee unless the employer can prove otherwise.
• Imposing punitive fines on employers deter others from doing the same not meeting their responsibilities
• Involving trade unions in enforcement, e.g. by giving them a seat on the executive board of the new Ministry of Labour
• Giving the Ministry of Labour the resources to enforce workers' rights
• Banning payroll companies, sometimes known as umbrella companies, which create a false structure to limit employers' tax liabilities and limit workers' rights
• Giving employment agencies and end-users joint responsibility for ensuring that the rights of agency workers are enforced and strengthen trade union rights, because empowering people to claim their own rights in the workplace is the most effective means of enforcement.
Self-employment can bring many benefits, freedoms and flexibilities to people - and is a vital and often entrepreneurial sector of our economy. But there is also mounting evidence that workers are being forced into self-employment by unscrupulous employers to avoid costs and their duties to workers. Labour will clamp down on bogus self-employment by:
• Shifting the burden of proof, so that the law assumes a worker is an employee unless the employer can prove otherwise.
• Imposing punitive fines on employers deter others from doing the same not meeting their responsibilities
• Involving trade unions in enforcement, e.g. by giving them a seat on the executive board of the new Ministry of Labour
• Giving the Ministry of Labour the resources to enforce workers' rights
• Banning payroll companies, sometimes known as umbrella companies, which create a false structure to limit employers' tax liabilities and limit workers' rights
• Giving employment agencies and end-users joint responsibility for ensuring that the rights of agency workers are enforced and strengthen trade union rights, because empowering people to claim their own rights in the workplace is the most effective means of enforcement.
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