Empowering Agency Workers

Understanding Your Pay Rate Via An Umbrella

Understanding your pay as a temporary worker can be difficult at the best of times, let alone when you are paid via an umbrella company.  There can be confusion over assignment rate vs your gross pay, plus confusion over employers NICs and other over…

Your Holiday Entitlement Could Be Changing!

A recent tribunal case is set to have a massive impact on how holiday is calculated for all workers who's hours vary, and this of course includes temporary workers.  The case involves Mrs Brazel who was a visiting music tutor at Harpur Trust school. …

042 Holiday Pay For Temporary Workers - The Pimlico Plumbers Case

All workers in the UK have a statutory right to 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year, and as a temporary worker it's doubly important to make sure you receive your right.  So we're chatting to legal expert and friend of the show Rebecca S…

041 Why do recruitment agencies have lists of preferred umbrellas?

Temporary workers and contractors are often required to choose an umbrella from a preferred supplier list (PSL) operated by their recruitment agency.  Some workers feel this restricts their choice, however many recruitment firms oper…

040 Should Temps & Contractors Be Able To Choose Their Umbrella?

Temporary workers and contractors are often required to choose an umbrella from a preferred supplier list (PSL) operated by their recruitment agency.  Today we're talking to Paul Sheraton, an IT contractor who recently launched an of…

038 What Does True Inclusivity Look Like In Recruitment? Part 2 of 2

"Rhetoric is just hot air if you don't translate what you're saying into action."  In the second of a two-part special, we're continuing our chat with Emma Freivogel of Radical Recruit about truly inclusive recruitment. We all know …

038 What Does True Inclusivity Look Like In Recruitment?

“Everyone wants to work, I don’t know anyone that wants to spend a life in poverty.”  In the first of a two-part special, we chat to Emma Freivogel of Radical Recruit about truly inclusive recruitment.  She works with radicals, peopl…

037 Why We Should Abolish Umbrella Preferred Supplier Lists

Temporary workers and contractors will often be required to be paid via an umbrella company and often recruitment agencies operate a preferred supplier list (PSL) of umbrella companies that their worker can choose from.  In this epis…

036 Loan Charge Settlement Proposal

Today we’re honoured to talk to two of the lead creators of the Loan Charge settlement proposal, Sarah Gabbai, tax lawyer at McDermott Will & Emery; and Keith Gordon, tax barrister at Temple Tax Chambers.  The Loan Charge is a piece of legislation th…

035 Why You Need To Know About Corporate Criminal Offence

The recruitment sector pays salaries to millions of temporary workers and contractors, and this volume of money makes it a target for potential tax evasion.  In 2017 new legislation was introduced, the Criminal Finances Act, which makes failing to pr…