If the government is serious about supporting those who now operate with flexible working practices in the long-run and also ensure that the adoption system in the UK successfully matches children with adoptive parents, it must extend parental rights to the self-employed.
Josh Toovey explores IPSE's latest research on how satisfied contractors operating through umbrella companies are with key areas such as payment timings, holiday pay and business expenses.
IPSE’s latest IR35 research report assesses the impact of the changes on status determinations, availability of work, income and plans for the future.
After the release of our research into mental health, IPSE’s Joshua Toovey explores how freelancers’ mental health has been affected by the pandemic and some of their coping methods.
IPSE’s Joshua Toovey talks through the latest quarterly insights from the Freelancer Confidence Index.
A new report by IPSE identifies the groups worst affected by the pandemic, and finds a 341 per cent rise in self-employed Universal Credit applications.
IPSE's Alasdair Hutchison discusses our new research and how late payment is hitting freelancers' finances during coronavirus.
In this third and final blog in our series, we take a look at what the last recession can tell us about what coronavirus means for freelancers.