Self employment can be an option for some workers in any industry but for many who are forced into that situation it can end up a nightmare. The advantages for the employer are that they have virtually no resposibilities at all for the individual worker. For the individual worker him or herself there are all the administrative hassels of tax and national insurance payments and the fact that you probably end up in a position that you are outside the benefits system if you become ill and/or unempolyed. There is always a temptation to avoid paying tax and N.I ( a temptation we all feel when we look at our pay slips!!!!!!!). The long term upshot of this however is that you end up without a state pension which for most of us would be a disaster irrespective of other pension arrangements we may have made in the course of our working lives. You only have to look at what has happened to many workers in the construction industry who worked for years on a 'self employed' basis, because it suited the employer, and hit retirement with nothing. It was called 'the lump', and should be resisted in our industry. We can recognise that many specialists in archaeology find self employment a realistic option but for field staff it is downright dangerous and probably illegal in many cases. If anyone finds themselves in that situation and if you are in a union then you will get free advice and support, legal and industrial. Without union membership then you are on your own and have extemly limited options when it comes to improving your circumstances.
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