In a message dated 15/02/02 15:15:37 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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Notetakers' payment - We have a number of students who require note-taking
support at JMU. We recruit from CS volunteers, and student post-grads. We
pay them £9 per hour for this work. However, in our efforts to re-vamp the
system, as well as ensuring that all notetakers undergo training, we are
also looking at other payment concerns such as NI contributions, Holiday
pay, tax reductions etc. I'd be very interested to know how other
institutions tackle this - any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Note takers are either legally self employed which requires approval from the
inland Revenue nowadays and requires them to make weekly NI contibutions
themselves or you employ them. After 13 weeks of even part-time employment
they are entitled to 4 weeks pro-rata holiday pay during the 12 months
following their date of first employment. i.e. if they work 2 days a week
they are entiled to 8 days paid holiday a year - this CAN include public
(Bank) holidays.
Counting each term as a new period of employment may not be legal.
The catch is that the Inland Revenue have the last say in whether they are
self employed or employees of yours. And you can start paying people as self
employed, then get a bill for NI and sometimes tax much much later.
If you want to pay them as self employed get them to clear it with their
local tax office, otherwise put them on the payroll. Unless they are working
for other universities or can send in a substitute if they are ill, the
Inland Revenue are unlikely to accept that they are really self employed.
Even then it can be difficult to prove you are self employed.
Mick Trott
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