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Research has found that up to 3.8 million parents, disabled people and carers who were previously ‘locked out’ of certain roles could re-join the workforce as a result of organisations implementing hybrid working solutions for their employees.

When choosing a payroll umbrella company to work with, it’s crucial to ensure that you’re given full transparency around what your pay will be for your upcoming assignment.

When selecting a payroll umbrella company to work with for your next assignment, one of the most important things to look out for from the outset is transparency around how you will be paid.

The short answer is yes! If your end client has approved them, then you should be able to claim expenses when employed by a payroll umbrella company. Each payroll umbrella company has their own claims process, so we recommend speaking to your payroll manager to determine exactly how to claim expenses for the payroll umbrella company you are employed through.

IR35, also known as the Intermediaries Legislation, was introduced in the year 2000 and was designed to collect additional tax and NI from independent professionals (referred to in this guide as ‘workers’) who HMRC believed to be working in ‘disguised employment’.

After an extremely turbulent year in the business world, the team at Competex Pro awaited the 2021 budget announcement with bated breath.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is a temporary scheme open to all UK employers for at least three months starting from 1 March 2020.

April 2017 saw the introduction of HMRC’s ‘off-payroll working’ rules for temporary workers in the public sector, including consultants, contractors and interim managers.