Can an employee also be an independent contractor?

Can you have more than one employment status?

We are employing someone full-time on a standard contract of employment. Services outside of their job description and day-to-day work have been sought by another department in our organisation and they wish to engage the individual as a self-employed contractor outside of the working week. Assuming the conditions are met to imply the role is delivered by a self-employed individual (i.e. checking through Employment Status Indicator), is it possible to engage one worker under two different employment statuses and two different contracts?

Does anyone know where I can find more information on this? HMRC don't seem to have considered this as a Q&A as it's so specific.

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  • Welcome to the forums James
    The simple answer is that it IS possible. However, in the circumstances you describe, unless your employee has a raft of other clients IMHO it is unlikely that they will escape being classed as an employee by HMRC
    Why not simply vary their existing contract to cover this need (ad hoc overtime upon request) and charge the extra cost to the other department?
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  • Welcome to the forums James
    The simple answer is that it IS possible. However, in the circumstances you describe, unless your employee has a raft of other clients IMHO it is unlikely that they will escape being classed as an employee by HMRC
    Why not simply vary their existing contract to cover this need (ad hoc overtime upon request) and charge the extra cost to the other department?
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