Category: umbrella
Government releases umbrella company compliance consultation
REC: ‘Regulation of umbrella companies is long overdue. Unlike recruitment firms, umbrellas currently operate without a specific regulatory framework, leaving workers and employment businesses at risk of non-compliance on worker rights and tax’.
Healthcare sector struggling to source skills
APSCo: ‘With ongoing disputes and a fall in applications as unrest continues, hospitals and Trusts are facing significant resourcing difficulties that are showing no signs of easing’.
Workers looking for better pay and benefits
Robert Half: ‘It’s clear that candidates are very aware that they hold the power. Employers are going to need to seriously rethink their attraction and retention strategies to contend with the changing wants and needs of today’s workforce without breaking the bank’.
Many self-employed workers feel forced into umbrella company contracting
IPSE: ‘Since the IR35 changes came in a year ago, thousands who proudly consider themselves self-employed are being pushed into umbrella companies under disadvantageous conditions’.
Over half of women say their pension isn’t enough to be financially independent
Working Wise: ‘Women are more likely to have ongoing caring responsibilities that mean they will reduce their hours, work-part time or require flexible working and it is these necessities that are causing women to reduce or even stop their pension payments’.
Permanent staff recruitment falls, while temp billings continue to rise
REC: ‘Economic uncertainty is weighing on employers’ minds even where they see potential for their own firm to grow, so it’s no surprise that temporary work is leading the jobs recovery’.
Dolan Accountancy shortlisted for Contracting Awards 2020
Dolan Accountancy have been shortlisted for the Best Contractor Accountancy (with under 1,000 clients) award.
Self-employed numbers fall significantly
IPSE: ‘It is deeply concerning that as we move into the second wave, the government has not only failed to plug the gaps in support that caused this decline: it has also reduced the support for eligible self-employed people’.