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		<title>HMRC announces &#8220;fresh approach&#8221; to Business Record Checks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of fairly universal criticism, HMRC announced late last week that they were putting the brakes on their controversial Business Record Checks programme, and suspending all new investigations until their revamped approach is detailed at the beginning of the 2012/13 financial year.]]></description>
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		<title>Unfair dismissal reforms clarified &#8211; some good news for employees!</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/unfair-dismissal-reforms-clarified-some-good-news-for-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/unfair-dismissal-reforms-clarified-some-good-news-for-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From April 2012 the qualification period for taking a case for unfair dismissal to an Employment Tribunal will be increased from one to two years - however the Government confirmed in the week of 16th January that this change will not be retrospective]]></description>
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		<title>What employment law changes are coming in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-law-changes-are-coming-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-law-changes-are-coming-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment tribunals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[paternity pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protected conversations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unfair dismissal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There's always new legislation flying around in the run-up to the Budget, and this year is no different. We've put together a round-up of the employment law changes we know are happening and those that are anticipated in 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing to see here: GAAR &#8220;unlikely&#8221; to apply to freelancers</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/nothing-to-see-here-gaar-unlikely-to-apply-to-freelancers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/nothing-to-see-here-gaar-unlikely-to-apply-to-freelancers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GAAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Anti-Avoidance Rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently reported on the Government's tentative plans to introduce a General Anti-Avoidance Rule to tackle tax avoidance. A GAAR has been discussed in the past as a potential replacement for IR35, so the prospect of its introduction had the potential to rid freelancers and contractors of an unwanted headache.]]></description>
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		<title>Can a company website influence your IR35 status?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/can-a-company-website-influence-your-ir35-status/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/can-a-company-website-influence-your-ir35-status/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor accountant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor umbrella]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inside IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35 dispute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35 status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outside IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umbrella company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is certainly the first time we've heard a company website advertised as a way to help your cause in an IR35 status dispute, although in theory it could fall under the Direction and Control IR35 tests - if a worker is an employee, they wouldn't have a website - right?]]></description>
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		<title>AWR causing a third of businesses to rethink contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/awr-causing-a-third-of-businesses-to-rethink-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/awr-causing-a-third-of-businesses-to-rethink-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red tape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temporary workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TWA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umbrella company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umbrella contractors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We've been keeping abreast of the Agency Workers Regulations since they came into force on 1st October. Despite proclamations of the world ending, the legislation hasn't had as drastic an impact on the UK's freelancer and contractor community as was expected.]]></description>
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		<title>Agency Workers Regulations so far &#8211; the bad</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-so-far-the-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-so-far-the-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enforcement period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swedish Derogation Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temporary worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umbrella company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the first twelve weeks of the AWR finishing on 23rd December 2011 – when in theory all agency workers will have ‘equal’ treatment rights to pay, holidays, hours of work etc. - we take a look at the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations so far – what’s good, bad and downright dodgy!]]></description>
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		<title>Agency Workers Regulations so far &#8211; the good</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-so-far-the-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-so-far-the-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency workers regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enforcement period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swedish Derogation Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temporary worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umbrella company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the first twelve weeks of the AWR coming to an end on 23rd December 2011 - when in theory all agency workers will have ‘equal’ treatment rights to pay, holidays, hours of work etc. - we take a look at the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations so far – what’s good, bad and downright dodgy!]]></description>
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		<title>New year, new IR35 mischief: First ever &#8216;split decision&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/new-year-new-ir35-mischief-first-ever-split-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contracting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disguised employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hirer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JLJ Services Ltd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limited Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limited company contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tribunal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All's been quiet on the IR35 front recently. Since news of HMRC's woeful enforcement record surfaced late last year, there's been a relative dearth of IR35-related tomfoolery, instead most compliance related head-scratching has been directed towards the Agency Workers Regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: despotic dictatorship, enemy of freelancers everywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/iran-despotic-dictatorship-enemy-of-freelancers-everywhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/iran-despotic-dictatorship-enemy-of-freelancers-everywhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blacklist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[block]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16654</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm not much of a political commentator, but I think most people in the west agree the government of Iran are something of an irresponsible and oppressive bunch. After cracking down on anti-Government protests at the beginning of the year, Iran has now "gone Nuclear" on its freelancers, and has blocked popular outsourcing website Freelancer.com.]]></description>
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		<title>Overhauling Employment Legislation?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/overhauling-employment-legislation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/overhauling-employment-legislation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flexible working]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whistleblowing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has confirmed this week their plans to ‘overhaul’ key areas of employment legislation following several months of consultation and the Red Tape project.  Will any of these make life easier for Employers by reducing red tape, or be fair to Employees?]]></description>
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		<title>What employment status do I have? Your contract may not provide the answer!</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-status-do-i-have-your-contract-may-not-provide-the-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/what-employment-status-do-i-have-your-contract-may-not-provide-the-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autoclenz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[contractor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Status]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum wage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[written statement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/?p=16625</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Freelance Advisor reported on the very important Supreme Court 2011 legal judgement on Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others and how this may affect freelancers and contractors who have IR35 concerns.  As this case is so important for all employees, workers and freelancers in deciding their employment status, at Workline we thought we’d explain this in more detail.

The case highlights the importance the Courts now give to finding clarity in employment relationships, not by looking at what is written down in a contract, but what is actually happening in the working relationship.]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking and Work &#8211; can they go together?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/social-networking-and-work-can-they-go-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/social-networking-and-work-can-they-go-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guides]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smart phones, internet, social media sites, e-mails, tweeting, blogging - we have accepted all of these innovations as part of our working and daily lives – they help us to work more flexibly, stay in touch for longer and respond to each other more quickly.  But several surveys and employment tribunal cases this year have shown that employers need to provide clear guidance to staff regarding how they use social networking sites.]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses still ignoring AWR duties as twelfth week approaches</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/businesses-still-ignoring-awr-duties-as-twelfth-week-approaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About nine-and-a-half weeks ago the Agency Workers Regulations came into effect in England, Wales and Scotland, and following lots of corporate hand-wringing beforehand, October 1st came and went without incident, and most of the contractors impacted carried on as normal - it seemed like the Y2K virus of the employment world.]]></description>
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		<title>Online businesses warned to pay their VAT</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/online-businesses-warned-to-pay-their-vat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/online-businesses-warned-to-pay-their-vat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last week HMRC issued a warning to those plying their trade online - pay your VAT or face stiff penalties and possibly criminal proceedings. The warning comes on the back of the prosecution of one Gregory Allnutt of south-east London, who was found guilty of evading £420,000 in VAT on good he sold via his website.]]></description>
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		<title>Agency Workers Regulations face new calls for overhaul</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-face-new-calls-for-overhaul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/agency-workers-regulations-face-new-calls-for-overhaul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just six weeks after passing into law, the controversial Agency Workers Regulations are facing more and more vocal opposition. Despite audible industry protestations, the new legislation went ahead unchanged on October 1st, and now both the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) and The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) have renewed calls for an early review.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d like a second job &#8211; what do I need to know?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/id-like-a-second-job-what-do-i-need-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/id-like-a-second-job-what-do-i-need-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[can I get a second job]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd like a Second Job - what do I need to know?  There has undeniably been a huge increase, across all professions, of people taking second jobs or finding an extra source of income by ‘moonlighting’.  Getting a second job can be a great (or necessary) thing to do, and while it’s not illegal to have a second job, there are several issues you need to consider, to avoid jeopardising your main source of income.  Here we describe what you need to know.]]></description>
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		<title>The national minimum wage &#8211; thousands of workers underpaid</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/the-national-minimum-wage-thousands-of-workers-underpaid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/money/the-national-minimum-wage-thousands-of-workers-underpaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see the BBC Panorama programme last week, All Work and No Pay? As the National Minimum Wage increased to £6.08 on 1st October 2011 (for workers aged 21 and over) Panorama discovered that many British workers are still being paid much less than the law states]]></description>
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		<title>Unfair dismissal reforms &#8211; fair or unfair?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/unfair-dismissal-reforms-fair-or-unfair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/unfair-dismissal-reforms-fair-or-unfair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor, George Osborne, at the Conservative Party conference last weekend confirmed that the Government would double the qualification period needed for employees to be able to claim unfair dismissal – from 1 year (which it is now) to 2 years - from April 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Who can have self-employed status in the film, television and production industries?</title>
		<link>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/who-can-have-self-employed-status-in-the-film-television-and-production-industries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/legal-advice/who-can-have-self-employed-status-in-the-film-television-and-production-industries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lesley Furber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Workline’s origin in the Film and TV Industries we thought we’d return to the infamous HMRC ‘Film, Television and Production Industry Guidance Notes’, that provide advice on how to determine the correct employment status of workers in these industries.]]></description>
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