Re: I am a genuine business, yet I'm now getting hassled by my clients!!
I think this is why we are seeing the responses we are.
A blanket inside (or outside) decision is definitely not taking "reasonable care". Nor are role-based determinations.
However, choosing not to use a particular supplier, or type of supplier, is just a business decision. This doesn't come under the new regs. It is purely a choice not to engage that supplier (the contractor's Ltd company), like choosing not to use BT for your phone line. They could still choose to use another one supplying the same resource (an umbrella company, for instance, with services supplied by the same contractor) just as they could choose to use a company reselling BT phone lines. It neatly side steps the new rules altogether and requires no more care (legally) than choosing which brand of loo roll to use.
Note that I'm not saying I agree with this approach, just that this is what I believe to be the reasoning.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
