The account of a freelancer working in TV production in “Brutal hours, tyrants and chest pains: a freelance producer on the reality of British TV” lays bare the harsh reality for many freelancers in the industry: unpaid overtime, disregard for personal time, and the constant threat of unemployment. But how can these often isolated and […]

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The recently introduced Employment Rights Bill promises significant changes to the UK’s staffing environment, but for the self-employed, the path forward remains shrouded in uncertainty While the bill aims to bolster worker protections and regulate atypical employment arrangements, the long lead time for implementation and lack of specific provisions for the self-employed leave many questions […]

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The Labour Party’s New Deal for Working People which came out in May is a “watered down” version of their original proposals on employment law, according to employment law specialists at Clyde & Co. What does this mean for freelancers? As previously reported by The Freelance Informer, the new rules aim to prevent the misuse of […]

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