Social Security coverage for self employed

The Social Security Advisory Committee has published a report which calls on government to examine the balance in social security coverage – both in terms of entitlement and contributions – between self-employed and employed workers.

The report also looks at the incentives for so-called ‘false self-employment’ and considers how current Universal Credit regulations may affect the self-employed.

The report is available via the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ssac-occasional-paper-13-social-security-and-the-self-employed