After years of high-paid unionised jobs making way for low-paid insecure ones, UK tax authority belatedly springs into actionThe decision by Britain’s top taxman to send his heavy mob in to investigate the courier company Hermes speaks volumes about working life in modern Britain.Make no mistake, the probe by HMRC compliance officers into allegations that courier drivers are being wrongly classified as self-employed and paid less than the legally binding national minimum wage goes well beyond the business practices of a single company. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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