Oakridge supply temporary and permanent labour to the construction, residential and civil engineering environments, we have extensive knowledge of these specific industries working on some of the region’s major projects.
Chris Bryce will address umbrella company regulation, joint and several liability and supply chain responsibility at the Westminster Labour Market conference.
Contractor burnout reached 76% in 2026 polling. Here is what the data shows and what agencies and umbrella companies should do about it.
The Fair Work Agency will regulate umbrella companies from April 2027, and the standards it will enforce are ones compliant firms already meet.
Umbrella due diligence is now an agency’s clearest defence against inheriting PAYE liability under the April 2026 joint and several liability rules.
IR35 enforcement in 2026 is sharper as HMRC deploys AI-enabled risk detection across PAYE, self-assessment and company accounts to flag weak determinations.
FCSA and six sector bodies want guaranteed hours reforms paused for agency workers. Here is what the guaranteed hours pause means for recruiters and umbrellas.
