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A growing library of short, plain-English courses on the UK umbrella rules that actually matter — each ending in a dated certificate your team can keep on file. Included with your PaySentry plan, with new courses added over time.
With joint-and-several liability for unpaid PAYE arriving on 6 April 2026, a dated completion certificate per person is real evidence that your team was trained. Every course is built around current UK rules, runs in short self-paced modules, and ends in a quick quiz — so a certificate means the material was understood, not just watched. The library grows over time, and it's all included with your plan.
What's inside: how a compliant payslip is built line by line — gross pay, your margin, tax and NI, holiday pay, pension auto-enrolment and National Minimum Wage after deductions — plus your PAYE/RTI duties to HMRC. What you'll take away: the confidence to build and read a payslip that stands up to scrutiny, and to catch the deduction errors that trigger worker complaints.
What's inside: the 2024 rolled-up holiday pay rules for irregular-hours and part-year workers — the 12.07% calculation, showing it as a separate line on the payslip, and how pay keeps accruing during sickness and statutory leave. What you'll take away: the ability to calculate and itemise holiday pay correctly for the workers most umbrellas actually employ.
What's inside: how disguised-remuneration schemes really work (a taxable minimum-wage slice plus a “non-taxable” loan, grant or advance), mini-umbrella VAT fraud, HMRC's Spotlights and named tax-avoidance list, and why an inflated “take-home” is a warning sign. What you'll take away: the ability to recognise the models HMRC targets — and stay well clear of them.
What's inside: what a KID must contain under Regulation 13A, why it's always the employment business's job and never the umbrella's, the January 2026 template change for joint-and-several liability, and the KID-vs-payslip mismatches that cause disputes. What you'll take away: the ability to produce an accurate, consistent KID and check one at a glance.
What's inside: how the Employment Rights Act 2025 brings umbrellas inside the Employment Agencies Act and under the Fair Work Agency from 2027, what the new definition covers, and what's worth putting in place now. What you'll take away: a clear view of the regulation coming in 2027 and a head start on being ready for it.
What's inside: HMRC's “check your labour supply chain” expectations — which checks to run on the umbrellas you use, what documents to collect, and how to record that you did it. What you'll take away: a repeatable due-diligence process and an evidence trail you can show a client, an auditor or HMRC.
What's inside: the joint-and-several liability rules from 6 April 2026 that let HMRC recover an umbrella's unpaid PAYE from the agency — or the end client where there's no agency — the fact that there's no “reasonable care” defence, and the steps that reduce your exposure. What you'll take away: a clear picture of your new liability and a concrete checklist to act on before the rules bite.
What's inside: the red flags that separate a compliant provider from a risky one — inflated “take-home” promises, opaque or invented deductions, VAT and PAYE mismatches, phoenixing and missing accreditation. What you'll take away: a fast way to triage any umbrella, the right questions to ask, and a sense of when to walk away.
What's inside: employment status for tax, status determination statements, who carries the liability in the chain, and what “reasonable care” actually requires. What you'll take away: the ability to make and defend a status decision, and to see clearly where the agency's risk sits.
Pick a course from the library — it's already included in your plan.
Short, self-paced modules with a quick quiz at the end of each.
Pass and get a dated completion certificate to keep on file.
Not yet — the course library is coming soon and included with your PaySentry plan when it launches. It'll grow over time, and we'll keep adding courses. Let us know if you'd like early access.
Each course lists what's inside and what you'll take away above. Courses run in short, self-paced modules built around current UK umbrella, PAYE and Conduct Regulations rules, and end in a short quiz.
Both sides of the chain: umbrella companies proving their compliance, and recruitment agencies who need to understand and evidence supply-chain due diligence. Each course is tagged with who it's for.
Yes — the course library is included with your PaySentry plan at no extra cost. There's nothing extra to buy.
Yes. This is a growing library — we'll add new courses and keep existing ones current as the UK rules change through 2026 and 2027.
A dated record that a named person completed and passed a specific course — a simple piece of evidence for your compliance file.
The course library is on the way and included with your plan. Tell us you're interested and we'll let you know the moment it's live.
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