Self Employed - Entitled to a Pension?

chrissmith1985

I am a self-employed teacher. I visit a number of schools in my local area every week. All admin including; invoicing, collection, timetabling, promotion, customer queries etc etc are dealt with by the company I work for. Myself and all other tutors are self employed and operate under a licence agreement contract. There are numerous conditions and clauses including the uniform we must all wear and notice periods if we want to cease teaching for the company. There is no holiday pay, no sick pay and no remuneration for travel.

My question is, although I/we complete our own self assessment tax returns, the job is very much “employed”. We are told what schools to go to, on what days and times and are given itemised reports at the end of every month detailing the fee taken from the student/parent, the % that goes to the admin/agent and the % that we as tutors get....

When discussing the set-up with a friend they were surprised I didn’t have any pension scheme set-up, which led me to this forum. 

Based on the limited information above, does anyone have any expertise in this area and can you offer any guidance? I have asked the Director of the company who has batted this question away on more than one occasion. 

Thanks!!

xylophone

https://www.business-information-uk.com/disguised-employment/ may be worth a look.