Employers need to consider whether their relationship with contractors truly reflects self-employment, or whether the individual has worker or employee status. Getting it wrong is becoming ever riskier Just when you think that most of the questions on holiday pay have been answered, along comes the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to shatter our illusions. Well, […]
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FTSE salaries no match for world’s top sports stars
Top earners: It’s enough to make even a bonus-rich businessman blush. While it took only three working days into the new year for FTSE 100 bosses to earn the average workers’ annual salary, football ace Lionel Messi pocketed the same sum in only three hours. New figures reveal that sports top performers are in a league […]
Interview: Alexander Holt, CivTech
Hothousing tech talent for public good As at most gatherings of tekkie people there was much talk of disruptive technology, of daring to be different and innovative. It comes with the territory. And it’s infectious. Alexander Holt was wearing a broad smile as he stepped up to open the CivTech Demo Day 2.0, its IT […]
Jackman’s circus act is a song and dance delight
Film Review: The Greatest Showman (5/5) This story, built loosely around the life of circus impresario PT Barnum, could have been a two-hour song and dance routine to showcase the talents of Hugh Jackman whose own place in musical theatre is well-established. It is much more than that, a movie that springs surprises in keeping […]
Displaying emotion and creativity in 53 varieties
Art exhibition: BP National Portrait Award Few subjects offer as much variety as the human face which is why portraiture is so compelling to artists. The 2017 BP Portrait Award exhibition, which has opened at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, features 53 stand-out works selected from 2,580 entries, by artists from 87 countries. There are portraits of […]