The words on every compliance form, explained.

12.07% is the holiday accrual and rolled-up holiday pay rate for irregular-hours and part-year workers. When you can use it.

An agency worker has a contract with an agency and is supplied to work under a hirer's supervision. What rights this brings, and when.

AWR is short for the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, the law in Great Britain on equal pay and conditions for agency workers after 12 weeks.

Under AWR, an agency worker's pay and conditions after 12 weeks are measured against what they'd get if recruited directly.

The main rulebook for recruitment agencies in Great Britain: terms of business, transfer fees, KIDs and who enforces it now.

Contract recruitment means supplying contractors and temps to clients for a set period. How it differs from permanent recruitment.

Legally these are two different things under the Employment Agencies Act 1973, even though both get called a recruitment agency.

The Fair Work Agency enforces recruitment agency rules, gangmaster licensing and the minimum wage (with HMRC). What changed in 2026.

IR35 decides whether someone working through their own company should be taxed like an employee. What it means and who decides.

A Key Information Document sets out a temp's pay, deductions and a take-home example. Who must give one, and before which point.

Margin and markup measure the same pounds-and-pence gap against different numbers. Why they give different percentages.

A night worker regularly works at least 3 hours during night time. What the Working Time Regulations require for them.

A PBA contract paid agency workers between jobs in return for an AWR equal-pay exemption. The exemption ended on 6 April 2020.

A remittance advice confirms a payment and what it covers. What it is, how it differs from an invoice, and when UK recruitment agencies send one.

The legal minimum rest breaks and rest periods workers in Great Britain get, and why agency workers have the same protection from day one.

A status determination statement is a client's written IR35 decision, with its reasons. Who must issue one, who gets it, and why it matters.

The Swedish derogation let agencies disapply AWR equal pay for temps on permanent agency contracts. It was abolished on 6 April 2020.

A temp-to-perm fee is charged when a hirer takes on an agency temp directly. When the Conduct Regulations let an agency charge one.

A timesheet records hours worked, driving both a contractor's pay and a client's invoice. What it is for and what it must show.

An umbrella company employs temporary workers on PAYE and is paid by the agency for their work. How it works and who is responsible.