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New regime for 'umbrellas', agencies and intermediaries could pose problems for the UK staffing industry

A consultation open until 1 May is a chance to offer policymakers a full and fair picture on labour supply...

19/02/2026

Read time 7m

Workforce Solutions

'Day 1' statutory sick pay to come into effect for UK agency workers from 6 April

Employment businesses now have two months to review contracts, systems and policies and liaise with workers and hirers

18/02/2026

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

Staffing agencies, MSPs and end users look for answers as UK 'umbrella' reforms approach in April

Questions linger over liability, compliance, historic risk and market alternatives as HMRC action and consolidation loom

02/02/2026

Read time 7m

Workforce Solutions

Umbrella company tax reform has landed in the UK

The government's umbrella company tax reforms are now final and will take effect on 6 April 2026 – time to...

09/12/2025

Read time 3m

GDPR for HR

UK and EU GDPR for HR | Autumn 2025

Data subject access requests and disclosure pitfalls, workplace AI engagement, and sharing pseudonymised data

17/11/2025

Read time 4m

Workforce Solutions

How tech advances and new legislation are shaping UK staffing and recruitment valuations and deals

A nexus of tech, legal and tax factors will influence dealmaking for workforce solutions companies into 2027 and beyond

26/09/2025

Read time 13m

Workforce Solutions

Agentic AI's impact on the international recruitment process: four tips to prevent fines

Audits, interaction assessments, evaluations and 'guardrails' are steps that can minimise the risk of serious penalties

03/09/2025

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

Return to work policy in the Netherlands

Watch out for pitfalls

24/07/2025

Read time 1m

Workforce Solutions

UK draft 'umbrella' company tax legislation gives staffing supply chains 8 months to prepare for change

End clients, MSPs, agencies and umbrellas face big decisions on how they will operate from April next year

22/07/2025

Read time 11m

Workforce Solutions

Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027

A new timetable for the Employment Rights Bill pushes back implementation of both rights by six to 12 months into...

02/07/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

Concerns continue as to how UK umbrella tax legislation will work

Reports suggest a 'joint and several liability' approach will be adopted but other issues are yet to be resolved

17/06/2025

Read time 5m

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Consultation following Supreme Court decision, vicarious liability and TUPE, and employment law update

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

23/05/2025

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

Six common employment law pitfalls for US companies operating in Germany

What are the common mistakes from an employment law perspective made by US companies operating in Germany?

14/05/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

UK Spring Statement 2025: tax anti-avoidance rules with criminal sanction target staffing supply chain

Users and suppliers of contingent workers can expect a more hostile HMRC in addition to proposed 'umbrella' legislation

22/04/2025

Read time 8m

Workforce Solutions

UK recruiters need to take care when helping set a 'going rate' for a job

The CMA, which can apply huge fines for breach of competition law in the UK, has had the freelancer market...

24/03/2025

Read time 2m

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Workforce Solutions

New regime for 'umbrellas', agencies and intermediaries could pose problems for the UK staffing industry

A consultation open until 1 May is a chance to offer policymakers a full and fair picture on labour supply...

19/02/2026

Read time 7m

Workforce Solutions

'Day 1' statutory sick pay to come into effect for UK agency workers from 6 April

Employment businesses now have two months to review contracts, systems and policies and liaise with workers and hirers

18/02/2026

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

Staffing agencies, MSPs and end users look for answers as UK 'umbrella' reforms approach in April

Questions linger over liability, compliance, historic risk and market alternatives as HMRC action and consolidation loom

02/02/2026

Read time 7m

Workforce Solutions

Umbrella company tax reform has landed in the UK

The government's umbrella company tax reforms are now final and will take effect on 6 April 2026 – time to...

09/12/2025

Read time 3m

GDPR for HR

UK and EU GDPR for HR | Autumn 2025

Data subject access requests and disclosure pitfalls, workplace AI engagement, and sharing pseudonymised data

17/11/2025

Read time 4m

Workforce Solutions

How tech advances and new legislation are shaping UK staffing and recruitment valuations and deals

A nexus of tech, legal and tax factors will influence dealmaking for workforce solutions companies into 2027 and beyond

26/09/2025

Read time 13m

Workforce Solutions

Agentic AI's impact on the international recruitment process: four tips to prevent fines

Audits, interaction assessments, evaluations and 'guardrails' are steps that can minimise the risk of serious penalties

03/09/2025

Read time 2m

Workforce Solutions

Return to work policy in the Netherlands

Watch out for pitfalls

24/07/2025

Read time 1m

Workforce Solutions

UK draft 'umbrella' company tax legislation gives staffing supply chains 8 months to prepare for change

End clients, MSPs, agencies and umbrellas face big decisions on how they will operate from April next year

22/07/2025

Read time 11m

Workforce Solutions

Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027

A new timetable for the Employment Rights Bill pushes back implementation of both rights by six to 12 months into...

02/07/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

Concerns continue as to how UK umbrella tax legislation will work

Reports suggest a 'joint and several liability' approach will be adopted but other issues are yet to be resolved

17/06/2025

Read time 5m

Employment and pensions

Employment Law Coffee Break: Consultation following Supreme Court decision, vicarious liability and TUPE, and employment law update

Welcome to our latest Coffee Break in which we look at the latest legal and practical developments impacting UK employers.

23/05/2025

Read time 4m

Employment and pensions

Six common employment law pitfalls for US companies operating in Germany

What are the common mistakes from an employment law perspective made by US companies operating in Germany?

14/05/2025

Read time 3m

Workforce Solutions

UK Spring Statement 2025: tax anti-avoidance rules with criminal sanction target staffing supply chain

Users and suppliers of contingent workers can expect a more hostile HMRC in addition to proposed 'umbrella' legislation

22/04/2025

Read time 8m

Workforce Solutions

UK recruiters need to take care when helping set a 'going rate' for a job

The CMA, which can apply huge fines for breach of competition law in the UK, has had the freelancer market...

24/03/2025

Read time 2m

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