There have been many calls for the umbrella sector to be regulated by the government, so we chat to industry expert Crawford Temple to find out his thoughts on the subject. His answer is very interesting: implement a system similar to financial services which has a track record of success and could achieve the same within the umbrella sector.
We discussed about so many umbrella-related issues that this is actually the first of TWO episodes with Crawford. Here are some of the key takeaways from part 1:
The report “The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly” is available here
Crawford has some 25 years experience in the umbrella sector and is owner of Professional Passport, the largest independent assessor of payment intermediary compliance. He is an expert in compliance and risk management across all sectors of the temporary workers market including contractors, recruitment companies, end clients and providers.
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