Originally Posted by
ELondonPax
Rat5. If one was genuinely self employed, one can choose which parcels of work to accept or decline. This is one of the core tests that HMRC apply in the UK. So, if your pal is "genuinely self employed" then he/she can just say ''no thanks'. But this isn't genuine self employment is it?
That depends what your contract says. I have signed contracts saying I must put in 40 hours per week, 9-5 Monday to Friday. If I don't I have to provide a substitute. No scope for not turning up there.