Good work
KEY POINTS
- The Taylor Review has wide-ranging implications for tax advisers employment lawyers and HR professionals.
- The government has until the end of the year to respond to the review’s proposals.
- The taxation of labour should be made more consistent across employment forms.
- The review recommends that the tests for employment rights and tax be aligned.
- Zero hours contracts have been criticised the flexible labour market is important to the economy and some workers.
Having been commissioned in October 2016 Good Work: The Taylor Review on Modern Working Practices was published on 11 July (tinyurl.com/y7bax3t3). It makes wide-ranging proposals on working practices and the ‘gig economy’ and has significant implications for tax advisers employment lawyers and HR professionals.
The review looks primarily at how employment practices must...