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New blog post: Labouring in Vain

May 4, 2026

Dr Guy Mulley examines the long standing confusion around employment status and questions the assumption that tax law and labour law should be aligned. Drawing on recent case law, policy developments, and the Employment Rights Act, he argues that the persistent conflation of the two regimes has contributed to uncertainty, delay, and conceptual inconsistency, and suggests that moving away from this alignment may offer a clearer path forward.

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