Operators, contractors and unions make commitment to ESA during roundtable
Signatories to a North Sea collective bargaining deal will work together to find a “constructive way forward”, after months of unrest offshore.
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Hunt told to ‘fix or ditch’ IR35 ahead of spring budget
Westminster is being urged to “fix or ditch” current off-payroll working tax rules ahead of the upcoming spring budget.
Reading between the lines of HMRC’s IR35 impact report
To better understand the impact of the off-payroll working rules, known as IR35, HMRC recently produced a report on the short-term effects of the IR35 reform on the private and voluntary sectors. The report is fairly positive and if you took the report at face value – you would believe the roll out of the new legislation was a success.
UK Gov’s IR35 flip-flopping did not incur ‘any additional costs’, says minister
Westminster’s U-turn on plans to roll back loathed off-payroll working rules appears not to have had any impact on public coffers.
Access to contractors will be ‘more important than ever’ in 2023, as IR35 debate rumbles on
Issues around off-payroll working rules are likely to continue to rear their head next year as demand for sparse skills increases.
Govt report on impact of IR35 reforms ‘fails to tell full story’, says expert
An employment expert has slammed a UK Government report into the short-term impacts of loathed IR35 reforms.
Calls for clarity after government shelves plans to repeal IR35 rules
Westminster is being told it must do more to support the “entire flexible labour market” after dropping plans to repeal IR35 tax rules.
Reversal of ‘onerous’ IR35 laws will ‘unlock potential’ of contractors
Employment and tax experts have roundly hailed the Chancellor’s shock pledge to scrap contentious IR35 reforms.
‘Huge victory for contractors’ as Kwarteng pledges to repeal IR35 tax rules
The Chancellor has pledged to repeal controversial changes to off-payroll working laws in a bid to boost the labour market.
PM hopeful Liz Truss pledges to review IR35 contractor tax laws
Liz Truss has pledged to review IR35 tax legislation should she become the next Prime Minister of the UK.
What can energy firms learn from the government’s £263m IR35 mistake?
Two hundred and sixty-three million pounds – this was the combined tax bill handed to various government departments for IR35 non-compliance recently.
New data finds IR35 tax changes are ‘hampering growth’ of UK oil and gas industry
Controversial changes to off-payroll working tax rules have left some oil and gas firms struggling to fill ‘vital roles’, according to new data.
HMRC to go after ‘low hanging fruit’ in oil and gas sector as end of IR35 ‘soft landing’ period looms
Oil and gas firms that are not IR35 compliant could soon be hit with “penalty charges” as the ‘soft landing’ period wraps up.
IR35: An opportunity for strategic leadership
As energy demands and prices recover from the pandemic, production pressure on the oil and gas industry has rapidly increased in 2021. Many companies are finding it difficult to recruit and, importantly, retain the talented professionals they rely on.
‘The sheer scale of disruption has surprised many’ – IR35 reforms six months on
The “sheer scale of disruption” sparked by changes to IR35 rules have surpassed expectations, an employment expert has said.
‘Important milestone’ as controversial IR35 tax rules come into effect
New IR35 tax rules impacting thousands of workers across the oil and gas industry and beyond come into effect today.
IR35: What next for the PSC ‘one-man company’?
For many years in the North East of Scotland, the personal service company (PSC), otherwise referred to as a one-man company, has become a fairly standard way to provide services, particularly in the oil and gas sector, due to a mixture of employment law and tax law.
IR35 reform: what oil and gas firms must do by 6th April
While COVID-19 and Brexit have dominated the agenda for oil and gas businesses in recent times - and rightly so I should add - there is a third issue that this industry is taking just as seriously. I am, of course, referring to IR35 reform in the private sector.
Unite threatens ballot over Bilfinger Salamis pay dispute
Unite the Union is demanding a pay rise for hundreds of Bilfinger Salamis contractors who it claims “have not been paid a fair rate”.
Bilfinger Salamis boss says ‘never say never’ to new North Sea contractor deal
The head of Bilfinger Salamis UK has said “never say never” to the potential for the firm's return to a collective deal for North Sea contractors.
Furlough extension comes ‘too late’ for thousands of North Sea jobs
A union boss has said the extension of the UK furlough scheme comes “too late” for thousands of lost jobs in the North Sea oil industry.
Shell and Unite clash over contractor job cuts at St Fergus and Mossmorran
Shell and Unite have clashed over the number of job cuts, and purported safety concerns, at the St Fergus Gas Terminal and Mossmorran plant.
IR35 delay hopes ‘fanciful’ warn employment experts
Employment experts have warned that hopes of a further IR35 delay are “fanciful”, despite months more of Covid lockdown measures coming.
‘Use time wisely’ for IR35, says former Worley project manager
There has been a lot of discussion over the last 12 months about how the changes to Off-Payroll rules will impact the UK Private sector, and I have read with great interest some of the comments and foresight on what IR35 is and what it will mean to the UK contracting workforce.
House of Lords calls for ‘complete rethink’ of ‘flawed and unfair’ IR35 legislation
A House of Lords committee has called on the government to “completely rethink” a controversial tax reform which will have sweeping implications for North Sea contractors.