Umbrella company resources

This section of our legal guide brings together resources that will assist employment businesses when engaging with umbrella companies.

Understand key information about the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) 2023, including the impact it will have on the recruitment sector.

Use this checklist to help you do your due diligence, ensure that the umbrella company is acting compliantly and tailor the document to meet the requirements of your own business and any requirements specific to the sectors you operate in.

Use this timeline when engaging temporary workers through an Umbrella company.

Use this contract if you supply temporary workers who are employed by an umbrella company. The umbrella company must manage all worker rights and deductions of tax and national insurance.

This agreement has been drafted in response to the growing practice by clients of outsourcing their recruitment needs to a managing agency or “master vendor”.

This document sets out key information about the worker’s relationship with the agency and the umbrella company, including details about pay, holiday entitlement and other benefits.

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 require you to collect certain information from clients about an assignment and share this with your temporary worker. Use this form when you engage temporary workers via an umbrella company.