Our Opinion On Latest Umbrella Exposé

There has been another exposé of alleged poor practices taking place at an umbrella which has been accredited by an industry body.  Our founder, Julia Kermode, has considerable experience in umbrella compliance, and as such was being repeatedly asked for her view on the situation.  She therefore recorded the below short video:    

New Umbrella Accreditation Launches – FORTIFY!

In response to industry demand, specialist payroll auditor launches exciting new PayePass Fortify Umbrella Accreditation.  In the continued absence of government action to regulate the sector, there has been a proliferation of tax avoidance schemes in the umbrella industry. Alongside this non-compliant activity, other unethical behaviours – including skimming and the withholding of holiday pay – are […]

“Now or Never” For Umbrella Industry, as Kermode Takes On CEO Role At PayePass

Amid the stark and unfortunate reality of non-compliant umbrella companies and undelivered promises from the government to combat tax avoidance and unsanctioned deductions from payments in the temporary working industry, umbrella company compliance expert, PayePass, has appointed former FCSA chief, Julia Kermode, as its new CEO. HMRC data suggests that between 2007/08 to 2022/21, there […]

Silence Is Deafening – And Negligent?

Frustrations among experts in the umbrella sector are reaching boiling point as the government continues to ignore it’s promise to regulate the sector, and 14 months later has still not published their response their consultation on the umbrella market.  This lack of action leaves an ever-increasing population of umbrella workers unprotected in an unregulated industry […]

HMRC Names Latest Tax Scheme

The government has added another tax avoidance scheme – Alpha Republic Ltd – to its growing list of companies currently posing a threat to workers, recruitment agencies and businesses engaging temporary workers.  Thirty-three tax avoidance schemes have now been identified by the government ​and can be found here. Alpha Republic Ltd (of 85 Great Portland […]

Your Qs Answered – What Exactly Is PayePass?

Fred Dures from PayePass Software Solutions discusses why he believes their umbrella payroll auditing is a game changer for the sector. PayePass immediately piqued the interest of IWORK when the respective founders, Fred Dures and Julia Kermode, were chatting about the need for an umbrella payroll audit with ‘nowhere to hide’ to give true peace […]

Umbrella sector, FCSA or otherwise, I’m here for you!

Julia Kermode writes an open letter to the umbrella sector We have all noticed the recent increasing negative attention on the umbrella sector due to the questionable practices of some.  Indeed, I have called out some companies myself because I will not stand by and watch whilst contractors are duped out of their income due […]

Full Payroll Compliance Auditing for Umbrellas

A new service has been launched by PayePass which tracks and verifies the full journey of monies paid to an umbrella or outsourced payroll provider. Growing problem of skimming We have long been aware of scams taking place within the temporary workforce sector which is exacerbated by the lack of visibility over what happens to […]