Where arts organisations take on staff an essential first question is to determine whether these workers are employed or self-employed, writes Mahmood Reza.
This is called a ?status test?, and it will have a fundamental bearing on the way payments are made to the people who work for them. Payments to the self-employed can be made gross, whereas payments to employees have to be made under the rules of Pay As You Earn (PAYE). A worker?s contention that they are self-employed is not... more