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The Legal Director is a legal consultancy providing businesses of all sizes with experienced, high-calibre lawyers on a part-time or flexible basis. TLD offers a transparent, cost-effective way of embedding a senior lawyer in your business for a small percentage of the cost typically associated with using a large law firm or employing an in-house lawyer.  

 

Suppose your business was hit with a large bill for back-dated National Insurance and PAYE tax?  Suppose you suddenly found that you owed workers hefty sick pay and holiday pay—also back-dated?

And further suppose, that on wanting to sell your business, you found that the buyers wrote down the price, and insisted on retaining some of it in escrow, pending an HMRC audit?

 

Those are some of the implications of the recent employment tribunal in respect of ride-hailing business Uber, whose drivers were found to be employees—and not the self-employed contractors that had been assumed.

The dangers are very real.  And far more pervasive than might be imagined.

Simply put, if your business makes use of self-employed contractors, then you could be at risk.

So what to do? We’d recommend taking a look at the latest post on .

Entitled ‘Is your business at risk from the Uber decision? Why your self-employed contractors could really be employees’, it’s written in our usual business-friendly language, and aims to help businesses like yours with practical advice.

 

And, of course, should you need any further clarification or help, do get in touch. 

 

Call The Legal Director on 020 3755 5099 or email them on [email protected]

 

On 23rd February, join The Legal Director at the The Export Challenge: Profits and Cash Generation - Finance Seminar for Growing Businesses at Kennington Park - Workspace. Throughout the afternoon you will get the chance to join workshop sessions or set up one to one meetings with experts. In the evening we will hold a wider networking event that will focus on the “big picture” for UK companies looking to export.