Division: Engineering Design
Client is a PSBO and uses Role based CEST assessments, with predetermined outcomes. Proforma letter with individual name giving employment status provided on request.
Hard to say if contractors are actively leaving, or being let go as part of a continuous 'role reduction process' which has significantly reduced contractor numbers. With most contractors seemingly over 50, many are considering early retirement.
The general feeling is one of uncertainty and disproportionate unfairness that Labours' IR35 should even exist, let alone be made worse by the Cons.
I feel resigned to suffer being trapped in this zero rights - high tax situation for a few years and retire.