Stan Dunn

JOLYON MAUGHAM, barrister and STAN DUNN chart a path through the maze of common law and statutory tests for the status of construction industry workers.

THE ADVANTAGES OF self-employed status are well known: a more generous deductions régime, considerably discounted National Insurance contributions and tax flow advantages on income tax. So important are these benefits that, in a competitive labour market, the ability of a construction industry contractor to offer self-employed status will often be the key to its ability to attract and retain skilled and reliable labour.