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Umbrella companies: what their detractors don’t want you to know

Myths about umbrellas are still being peddled, by their critics and impersonators.

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Written by Julia Kermode

Julia is a contingent workforce expert on a mission to safeguard workers, empower them and ensure they are treated fairly. She has spent the last decade deeply ensconced within the world of contingent work, tax legislation, employment rights, worker rights, umbrellas and the wider recruitment sector. It's niche, and she loves this space!

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15th May, 2022 | Umbrella Companies

How umbrella company contractors can understand their payslip

Overview of the staple document when being paid through an umbrella company.

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Written by Joanne Harris

Joanne joined the Optionis Group in 2009 as an account manager, working closely with our agency partners. After developing an interest in the technical aspects of the role, she took the opportunity to train as a chartered accountant. She is now fully qualified, and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

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29th September, 2021 | Umbrella Companies

What is an Umbrella company dispensation?

What a dispensation is and why you can only claim for expenses you can prove you've incurred.

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Written by cukAdmin

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6th June, 2013 | Umbrella Companies

Umbrella guide to maternity rights

The practicalities of claiming maternity pay from an umbrella company.

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Written by helen

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1st August, 2011 | Umbrella Companies

What pension auto-enrolment means for PAYE contractors

Parasol demystifies 'We’re all in' for contractors direct to an agency or umbrella.

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Written by Simon Moore

Simon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing, self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment. Trained in News & Features writing by NCTJ-approved journalism tutors, Simon worked in the newsrooms of local, consumer and national press titles, before setting up his own editorial services company, Moore News Ltd.

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16th November, 2012 | Umbrella Companies