Advice on being employed as a contractor. Is there an 11 month rule?

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I'm employed as a contractor for a big company on a 9 month contract which was recently renewed a further 9 months. I'm currently almost entering my 11th month of employment there.

Interestingly, it was recently mentioned to me that contractors (via government legislation) employed for longer than 11 months are entitled to the choice of automatic full-time employment or to continue with contracted work.

Does anyone know if this is indeed true? And can point me in the direction of further information?

This is of great interest to me as I was pulled into a meeting today to discuss my employment status, whereby I was 'offered' to change my employment to a subsidurary agency which the company has now hired to employ contract workers. Therefore I'd be employed by this third party company and not by the company I work for currently. What makes the timing of this offer odd is that as of this week I've been employed exactly 10 months and 3 weeks... Coincidence?

Any advice in this area greatly appreciated.
 
I was a contractor for 3 years and never got taken on with the company, so I think it’s BS, if any thing it might be a company rule rather than government law.
 
From the link GuruJockStrap posted, it looks like the period is four years continuous employment of sucessive fixed term contracts.

The Regulations mean that if fixed-term employees have their contracts renewed, or if they are re-engaged on a new fixed-term contract, when they already have a period of four or more years of continuous employment, the renewal or new contract takes effect as a permanent contract unless employment on a fixed-term contract was objectively justified or the period of four years has been lengthened under a collective or workplace agreement.


http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/employment-legislation/employment-guidance/page18475.html#Limitingtheuseofsuccessivefixedtermcontracts

From Above Article said:
An employee whose contract is renewed as a fixed-term contract, or re-engaged under a fixed-term contract, after the 4-year period has the right to ask the employer in writing for a written statement confirming that he or she is now a permanent employee. The employer must produce the statement within 21 days of the request and if the employer maintains that the employee is still fixed-term, the reasons for this must be explained. The statement may be used at an employment tribunal hearing concerning a complaint under the Regulations.
 
I think the two year rule is for tax. If you claim things like fuel, food, accomodation ect as a contractor then you have to be working for the client for less than 24 months. If you go over that, expect the tax man to send you a bill for the tax you have claimed back.

As far as i know anyway.
 
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