Umbrella companies often play a key part in recruitment supply chains. Working with a non-compliant umbrella, as highlighted by the recent government call for evidence concerning the umbrella company market can expose a recruitment business to significant risk.
In April 2020, a key change was introduced affecting employment businesses supplying PAYE temps, which, due to the timing, in the midst of the first lockdown and introduction of furlough, may have slipped under the radar of many. However, it is important to check your compliance and take any required actions.
The Government has announced an extra bank holiday on Friday 3rd June in celebration of the Platinum Jubilee. In addition, the traditional late May bank holiday is being moved to Thursday 2nd June, providing for a four-day holiday weekend. What do businesses need
How to engage a contractor without IR35 risk
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April 2022 will see an increase in the National Minimum Wage (‘NMW’) combined with an increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions (‘NICs’), these changes will have an impact on engagement and supply chain costs.
From 6th April 2022, regulations relating to the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (‘PPE’) will be extended to cover workers as well as employees, placing responsibility on agencies for ensuring that appropriate PPE is provided to workers free of charge.
Following, the introduction of the off-payroll rules (IR35) in 2021 Lawspeed advisers have seen an increase in queries relating to the engagement of contractors as self-employed sole traders, as an alternative to personal service company (PSC) engagements.
For the past two years, due to lockdowns and work from home guidance, employers have been able to carry out right to work checks remotely. These arrangements were due to end in April 2022
When agencies engage with umbrella companies, they rely on the umbrella making payments to contractors timeously and generally these arrangements work very smoothly, with payments being made either immediately, or very shortly after, receipt of funds from the agency.
Regulations have now been laid before parliament formally reinstating the SSP rebate scheme that came to an end on 30th September 2021.
