Revenue now considers locums as employees

[Fleegle]

Please: Who was the lovely lady in the picture at the start of the thread?

Please read my original post fully, and all will become clear.

That makes complete sense to me (a first for a legal document) but there doesn't seem to be any moves on the issue.

Maybe if the "employee" locums started signing on for unemployment benefit every day they don't have work social welfare might get interested and try to push them back to being self-employed.

Heard a bit on the radio today about tax takes falling because the black economy is on the rise again. Not hard to understand why when it is next to impossible to work within the rules.

Absolutely...tax clawback is down for two reasons. Enforced salary reductions are bringing many employees under the €36,000 higher tax band, therefore no more 42% take. Secondly, as you rightly say, cash payments for jobs done are obviously on the rise...have you noticed some people are being very quiet, when previously they couldn't stop shouting about their success? Prime example: any Fianna Fail politician..

Fleeg.