The government has announced the formation of the Single Enforcement Body, which will serve to protect UK workers’ rights. The new watchdog has been formed through the merging of the…

A dedicated hotline should be introduced to allow workers to report bad practice by umbrella companies, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).The hotline is one part of a…

During a parliamentary discussion of the Finance Bill earlier in the week, the issue of umbrella company regulation was discussed by MPs. Scrutiny of umbrella companies and calls for tightened…

A growing number of figures and organisations from the freelancer industry are calling on the government to increase regulation of umbrella companies. Scrutiny of umbrella companies has grown in recent…

In recent years, certain companies promoting non-compliant freelancer solutions have wrongly begun marketing themselves as umbrella companies. For contractors lured into using them, this can lead to sizeable, back-dated bills,…