Dear TV Freelancer, As you may be aware, back in May the TVFL forum - or rather, the service that hosts it - was hit by a hacker whose actions wiped out thousands of forums around the world; but since then, the forum has returned to full health and normal activity. We'd like you to come back and have a look at what's going on: http://pub72.ezboard.com/buktvfreelancers For example, right now one of the most contentious issue seems to be the self-employed vs. PAYE status argument for AP's - something which has caused confusion, not to mention annoyance, for a few years. But right now the scenery seems to be changing again, with a number of freelancers reporting that they are now being denied self-employed status where they were previously granted it. We'd like to hear from PMs and employers, as well as AP's, as to what is happening - and why. Here's the link: http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm4.showMessage?topicID=343.topic We'd also like to coax more of you into taking part in our poll on holiday entitlement and how it's being handled. We need a bigger contribution to have a truly representative sample, so if you haven't yet taken part, it only takes one mouse-click to do your bit - here's the link: http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm6.showMessage?topicID=19.topic Finally, do remember our Q&A forum is a place you can post your queries about the freelance life. It's a newish forum but we currently have queries about appropriate credits, and redundancy payments on fixed-term contracts. If you can shed any light on these - or have a query of your own - please take a look: http://p206.ezboard.com/fuktvfreelancersfrm9 Posting in our forum is anonymous and you don't need any registration to take part - so please bookmark us and stop by when you can! All the best, TV Freelancers www.tvfreelancers.org.uk