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  • 22 Jun 2026

Quick Poll: What should the payment paid to employees for shifts that are cancelled, curtailed or moved at short notice be

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  • 06 Mar 2025

Consultation Response: the application of zero hours contracts measures to agency workers

An overview of governments plans with zero-hours contracts.

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  • 31 Jan 2025

Advisory Spotlight: SSP for zero-hours contracts

How to handle SSP for zero-hours contracts from our advisory team.

CIPP quick poll

This week’s Quick Poll considers the effectiveness of HMRC's Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool, which can be used to help employers (or hirers) and workers to determine how the work being done should be dealt with for tax purposes.


Q1. Do you use the CEST tool?

Q2.  If yes, do you agree with the results?

*denotes a mandatory field

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