I work in a sales environment.
All of the sales staff are self employed (yes, I am registered with HMRC and do my tax returns etc), which has suited me as we can work hours that suit us, ie I do school hours 3 days per week. We are paid commission only.
Our boss has now decided that we are all going to be given fixed hours each week from the beginning of February. So some of the staff, that do mostly 6+ hours per day have been told that they are to do Monday-Friday 9-6. I have been told that I have to do Monday-Friday from 9.30-3, which tbh does not suit me as I don't want to work 5 days per week as I have other things that I need to do on those days off.
I just think it's a bit cheeky, given that we are all self employed, that our boss is trying to act as an employer but avoiding all the responsibility, eg we get no holiday pay, basic pay, sick pay, etc. Plus from the research I've done in the past, it's also illegal for him to dictate our working hours?
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To think that at my workplace we should all be employed not self employed?
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ALittleTwee · 10/01/2016 21:14
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