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  1. Human Resources
  2. Policies & Procedures
  3. Contracts, terms and conditions
  4. Employed vs Self-Employed
  5. Determine employment status

Determine employment status

Please review the four scenarios below and select one. If at any time you are unclear about the process to follow, please contact your HR Team.

Scenarios

You plan to hire someone to join the staff of QMUL on either a permanent or fixed term contact

Employee status: Employee

Next step: Follow QMUL Recruitment process

You are going to source the person from a QMUL approved recruitment agency

Employee status: Falls outside of this process
i.e. you do not have to determine the employment status, as the agency is responsible for this.

Next step: Follow normal QMUL Procurement process for engaging someone via an agency

You would like to engage the services of a QMUL approved consultancy organisation who provide a consultant to deliver a piece of work

Employee status: Falls outside of this process
i.e. you do not have to determine the employment status, as the consultancy organisation is responsible for this.

Next step: Please contact the Procurement Team to discuss requirements

You would like to engage an individual to provide a service to support you in the delivery of a particular project

Employee status: Employee vs self-employed? Will depend on the terms of engagement.

Next step: Please use the questions and decision steps to determine which process to follow

You may need to complete the HMRC ESI related questionnaires, to determine the employment status. This will depend on the process to be followed.

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