Agency worker regulations

[SueEllen]

My agency were contacting all contractors that they have onsite with this ClientCo that are currently using an umbrella. All I have been told is that the ClientCo is insisting on all new contracts being engaged through a Ltd due to AWR and that it may also affect existing contracts.

Have you actually spoken to the people who deal with contractor procurement at clientCo about this?

As firstly there are some umbrella companies with compliant solutions and secondly the agency could simply be lying.

If you find out they are lying you can easily get the agency in trouble.

[Avro]

I have not made any enquiries with the ClientCo as of yet but will do if a renewal is offered.

[SueDon]

Councils flag all no-perm workers as in scope of AWR

The AWR are tulipe. There's no way professional contractors, whatever the sphere they work in, should be 'caught' by these.

Comensura who run the "HR" function for a number of local authorities has put all those who are not on the perminant payroll as in-scope pof AWR.

I am doing some work at a London authority and certainly everyone has been flagged, they are trying to pay holiday money.

Being in reciept of such "benefits" is likely to mean that we'll get caught by IR35.