Following the introduction of Joint and Several Liability rules that change how financial and compliance risk is distributed across defence labour supply chains, Hannah Fendall, Head of Tax at Morson Group, explains why visibility, governance and accountability are becoming increasingly important in contingent workforce models. Defence programmes are built on access to highly specialised, often security-cleared talent, deployed at pace through complex labour models. That operating model has long enabled flexibility and delivery against tight timelines. However, the introduction of Joint and Several Liability (JSL) rules in April places new pressure on how those models function in practice. The rules…
