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Freelance to employed and redundancy

barbara2867 · 2020-06-10 19:11:17

Hi all, interesting times! I started with my firm as a freelancer and was made an employee within a couple of months with no significant break between end and start dates. My HR record has always shown my start date as 19 June 2018 (freelance), however having been advised last week that half of the workforce, including me,…

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Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite

10 June 2020 at 10:08PM

Freelance suggests that you were self employed at the time. As such the company had no contractual legal responsibilities towards you as they would for an employee.

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