Types of solutions to ensure IR35 compliance
We have 5 solutions that can be tailored to the needs of your business to ensure IR35 compliance.
We understand that each business has unique needs, different workforces and project needs, and our aim is to assist you in achieving your goals, making IR35 compliance simple and straight forward.
1. Workforce assessment
Who is this for?
- If you have an in-house team that has started the IR35 education process.
- You have started to capture the data needed to understand who your workforce is.
- You need help assessing your workforce’s assignments in a fully compliant way.
- Are looking to compare which solutions would best fit your business, before implementing a final IR35 process.
What does the assessment include?
Once you have identified your off payroll workers and who is supplying them, you need to assess each individual assignment to understand if it is inside or outside of IR35. This is where our team can help. We will conduct an audit to analyse your workers roles. Our team work with an expert legal partner to make these assessments, combining their expertise along with a bespoke online assessment tool. This allows us to recommend a process and solution so that your business can show it has taken ‘reasonable care’ in all its assessments.
2. Payroll services
Who is this for?
- If you need to see who all your contracting workforce is on an ongoing basis.
- You would like to understand how compliant your workforce is both now, and when future IR35 regulations are implemented.
- If you are looking for more efficiency in your payrolling.
- If you would like a low cost payroll model.
What does the service include?
This service gives you the flexibility to continue managing your sourcing and recruitment supply chain in whichever way best suits your business, while increasing compliance and visibility of your workforce – both payrolled and direct contractors. This service includes an expert team and a compliant and secure online timesheet system and IR35 assessment system, reducing any future tax risk and help you gain greater control of your payrolling.
3. Managed Service Provider (MSP) for contractor staff
Who is this for?
- If you are looking for a fully compliant solution that will manage your recruitment process, workforce management, supply chain management, payrolling, reporting and compliance in one place – an end-to-end solution.
- If you need a robust long term recruitment solution that will continue to provide time and cost savings across your workforce.
- You would like to improve quality of candidates and supply chain engagement.
- You are looking for visibility across the whole recruitment process from start to finish.
What does the service include?
If you have a small to large contracting workforce, and are looking to outsource the whole recruitment process in one place, then our MSP solution could suit your business. It provides you with an expert team that will become an extension of your internal team to achieve your recruitment goals – if needed providing onsite support. This solution comes with technology that can be tailored to your businesses unique needs. It provides you with expert reporting and importantly will ensure your workforce is IR35 compliant with minimal disruption and administration.
4. Workforce solution for permanent staff
Who is this for?
- Businesses that currently have a large permanent staff workforce OR want to increase their permanent workforce in line with changes to IR35.
- If you are looking to implement a long term permanent recruitment solution that will ensure compliance from start to finish, along with a smooth process.
- If you are looking to improve candidate attraction, branding and overall quality.
What does this solution include?
This solution will analysis your whole recruitment process and supply chain, working with you to make improvements to candidate attraction and retention. This solutions focuses on finding the right supply chain to guarantee talent, and improves your staff’s experience during the recruitment and on boarding process. Our team will agree consistent and clear messaging that re-enforces your brand, looking to implement regular communication at key times in their employment to maintain retention.
5. IR35 management solution
Who is this for?
- Businesses looking to maintain their recruitment supply chain, while ensuring IR35 compliance and ‘reasonable care’ across their whole workforce.
- If you are looking for expert guidance and an outsourced service that will manage the whole IR35 process from start to finish.
- You are looking for compliant technology to record evidence of ‘reasonable care’.
- Businesses looking to ensure minimal disruption to their business, reducing risks from e.g. contractor disagreements and HMRC investigations.
What does this solution include?
This solution includes 3 main stages, tailored to suit the needs of your business e.g. if your business has already started the process, but needs help implementing a solution. The first stage is to educate your core team on IR35 changes, then audit your workforce. The second stage is to interpret the data gathered and make decisions on who is inside or outside of IR35 scope, collating all documentation as evidence. The third stage is to work out a process that suits your business, providing ongoing support, reporting data and periodic audits. Our aim is to make the whole transition as easy and smooth as possible.
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Do you have questions around any of our solutions, or are you ready to book your free 1hr IR35 consultation to assess your needs?
Then call our Client Development Director, Lewis Trow on 01925 907020 or email lewis.trow@firstrg.com