Can anyone help with a problem I am encountering with employment of freelancer live interpreters. I currently have 4 freelance interpreters who provide workshops on site subject to school bookings and for special events. They invoice us on a monthly basis for the work that they have done. They have signed a work agreement which is subject to them proving that they are registered as self employed with Inland Revenue. This situation has recently come under scrutiny from the local council who has told us that legally we MUST have these people on our payroll. As I am aware that this is not the case in some other museums I am under pressure to provide evidence and reasoning for their status as freelancers. We are not LEA run but are a charitable trust although we adopt local government employment laws. Can anyone give any advice over the legal implications and the conditions that have to be met for my live interpreters to remain freelance as they are now?
Thanks
Miss Jael Edwards
Education Officer
National Coal Mining Museum for England
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