The Good Work Plan April 2020

The government has published The Good Work Plan April 2020, which is designed to implement the proposals of employment reforms which are due to come into effect in April 2020. The primary purpose is to ensure that individuals have better access to, and a better understanding of, their employment relationships. Statement of Written Particulars There will be a new requirement for you, as employers, to provide a more comprehensive statement of written particulars or contract of employment. You will also have to provide these statements to workers and not just employees. In addition, the new statement must cover more terms and must be issued on the first day of employment, unlike currently, you have 8 weeks to issue your contracts. HMRC Clamping Down The Good Work Plan has also made a commitment to further align the tribunal assessment of employment status with HMRC’s. Currently there are three categories of employment status in the tribunal forum: employee, worker and self-employed, while as far as HMRC is currently concerned there are only two, as it does not recognise ‘worker’ status. This can at times cause confusion for both the company and the individual. Tribunal Claims There will be an introduction of sanctions […]